Description
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.4.0rc2, the twisted.names module is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion during DNS name decompression. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted TCP DNS packet containing deeply chained compression pointers. This flaw bypasses previous loop-prevention logic, causing the single-threaded Twisted reactor to hang while processing millions of recursive lookups, effectively freezing the server. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.4.0rc2.
Published: 2026-05-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-grgv-6hw6-v9g4 Twisted has a Denial of Service (DoS) in twisted.names via Crafted DNS Compression Pointer Chains
History

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Twisted
Twisted twisted
Vendors & Products Twisted
Twisted twisted

Wed, 13 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.4.0rc2, the twisted.names module is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack via resource exhaustion during DNS name decompression. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted TCP DNS packet containing deeply chained compression pointers. This flaw bypasses previous loop-prevention logic, causing the single-threaded Twisted reactor to hang while processing millions of recursive lookups, effectively freezing the server. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.4.0rc2.
Title Twisted: Denial of Service (DoS) in twisted.names via Crafted DNS Compression Pointer Chains
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T15:45:34.746Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T12:13:55.552Z

Link: CVE-2026-42304

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Updated: 2026-05-14T15:45:21.220Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-13T21:16:46.933

Modified: 2026-05-14T18:12:13.527

Link: CVE-2026-42304

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Updated: 2026-05-13T22:30:05Z

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