CVE-2026-115776

CVSS 7.5 (high) · published 2026-10-23

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.10.0rc1, twisted.words.protocols.irc.IRC.dataReceived retains all bytes received without a line feed in its per-connection buffer and applies no maximum line length. The twisted.words.service.IRCUser server subclass inherits this behavior, and buffering occurs before PASS, NICK, or USER authentication commands. An unauthenticated connection can continuously grow the buffer until the shared server process runs out of memory and drops all users. This issue is fixed in version 26.10.0rc1.

Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770

Source: NVD CVE-2026-115776

References

• https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/01f8cff7753c1edac132380b2ea939fa6bdbab30
• https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/ac90fb7b0ab73688a581fcd9a7c0577ec8ca3059
• https://github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/12771
• https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-26.10.0rc1
• https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-53xc-49m8-p798

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