Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Twisted versions before 26.10.0rc1 (including 26.4.0 and earlier) have an unbounded line buffer in the IRC protocol implementation used by the twisted.words IRC server. An unauthenticated remote client can open one connection and send data without a line feed, causing memory to grow until the whole server process runs out of memory and drops all users. Upgrade to Twisted 26.10.0rc1 or later. The source lists no workaround.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0050, the 43rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-53xc-49m8-p798
- OSV: GHSA-53xc-49m8-p798
- github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-53xc-49m8-p798
- github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/12771
- github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/01f8cff7753c1edac132380b2ea939fa6bdbab30
- github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/ac90fb7b0ab73688a581fcd9a7c0577ec8ca3059
- github.com/twisted/twisted
- github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-26.10.0rc1