CVE-2026-115877

Published Oct 23, 2026

Last updated 2 days ago

Overview

Description
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.10.0rc1, twisted.web.http.HTTPChannel.headerReceived rejects a NUL byte in an HTTP header value but accepts a bare carriage return or bare line feed. Because Twisted splits header lines only on CRLF, a hidden Content-Length header can remain folded into another value while a lenient front end treats the bare character as a line terminator. The resulting framing disagreement can smuggle a following request past front-end access controls, poison a shared connection or cache, and expose a later client to the wrong response. This issue is an incomplete-fix residual of earlier Twisted request-smuggling protections. This issue is fixed in version 26.10.0rc1.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
2.7
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-444

Social media

Hype score
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