CVE-2026-115778
HIGH
7,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Description
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.10.0rc1, twisted.conch.telnet.Telnet.dataReceived appends every byte received after IAC SB to a persistent subnegotiation buffer until IAC SE is received, without applying a maximum length. Telnet option negotiation occurs before authentication, so an unauthenticated peer can omit the terminator and continuously grow the buffer. The resulting memory exhaustion can terminate the process and every service it hosts. This issue is fixed in version 26.10.0rc1.
400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Other
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
Not Technology-Specific, AI/ML
770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/073ba878c6c07d569cb61abc5ae76d46eff1b…
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/5d91cc66a3591faba758a80a1479e0103602f…
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/12750
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-26.10.0rc1
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-cwm5-jh59-mwxr