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CVE-2026-115778: Twisted: Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service in the Twisted conch Telnet Transport via an Unbounded Subnegotiation Buffer

October 23, 2026

An allocation-without-limits vulnerability (CWE-770) in the Twisted conch telnet transport lets any unauthenticated remote peer exhaust server memory over a single connection. When the peer opens a telnet subnegotiation with IAC SB and then streams bytes without ever sending the IAC SE terminator, every byte is appended to a per-connection buffer that has no maximum length. The buffer persists across reads and is released only on the terminator the attacker withholds, so it grows without bound until the process is killed.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwm5-jh59-mwxr
  • github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/073ba878c6c07d569cb61abc5ae76d46eff1b529
  • github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/5d91cc66a3591faba758a80a1479e0103602facc
  • github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/12750
  • github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-26.10.0rc1
  • github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-cwm5-jh59-mwxr
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115778

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Affected versions

All versions before 26.10.0-rc.1

Fixed versions

  • 26.10.0-rc.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 26.10.0-rc.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

pypi/Twisted/CVE-2026-115778.yml

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