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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-115775 EUVD-2026-109149GHSA-3476-c5c2-fr73

Twisted: Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service in the Twisted words domish XML Element Stream via an Unbounded Element Tree

Published Oct 23, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.10.0rc1, the twisted.words.xish.domish ExpatElementStream parser allows an unauthenticated remote peer to keep a container element open while continuously adding child elements. The parser retains the unfinished stanza as an in-memory tree without a byte or element-count limit, and XMPP pre-authentication stream parsing exposes this behavior before credentials are accepted. A single connection can therefore exhaust server memory and terminate the process. This issue is fixed in version 26.10.0rc1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
twisted twisted < 26.10.0rc1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 twisted 26.10.0-1 —
Debian 13 twisted No fix yet —
Debian 12 twisted No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 twisted No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS twisted No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLES 15 SP5 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLES 15 SP4 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLES 3 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 python-Twisted 22.10.0-150400.5.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5215-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 python3-twisted +1 22.4.0-129.amzn2023.0.7 ALAS2023-2026-3385
Amazon Linux 2 python-twisted-words 12.2.0-4.amzn2.0.3 ALAS2-2026-4074

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-twisted No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI twisted < 26.10.0rc1 26.10.0rc1 GHSA-3476-c5c2-fr73

Advisories 3

References