I have just submitted for testing https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-ce142428af, which updates llhttp in EPEL9 from 9.1.3 to 9.2.1 and fixes CVE-2024-27982[1], an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability. Version 9.2.0 also included a number of bug fixes[2]. This is an ABI-incompatible update, and the SONAME version changes.

Because the EPEL Steering Committee has previously approved a permanent exception for incompatible upgrades of llhttp, I have bypassed the usual proposal and discussion of this update on the epel-devel mailing list. However, I am following the other parts of the incompatible updates process: this announcement, at least one week in testing with auto-push disabled, and a follow-up announcement on this list once I have pushed the update to stable.

The only package in EPEL9 that uses llhttp is python-aiohttp; the update also backports support for llhttp 9.2.1 to the current aiohttp release, 3.9.3. I expect that the aiohttp project will soon release a compatible patch release 3.9.4 that directly supports llhttp 9.2.1.

If you have software not packaged in EPEL9 that depends directly on llhttp, you will need to rebuild it due to the ABI changes. It is possible that source code changes may be required if (like python-aiohttp) you use almost the entire API of llhttp, or if you have very thorough tests that reveal small changes in llhttp’s behavior. Straightforward uses of llhttp are very likely to recompile without modification.

I have no plans to attempt a build of llhttp or any update of python-aiohttp in EPEL8.

[1] https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/april-2024-security-releases/#http-request-smuggling-via-content-length-obfuscation---cve-2024-27982---medium

[2] https://github.com/nodejs/llhttp/releases/tag/release%2Fv9.2.0
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