Answer in brief
CVE-2026-115877 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in Twisted: HTTP Request Smuggling in twisted.web via a Bare CR or LF in a Header Value. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps twisted/twisted (generic), Twisted (pip), twisted (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps twisted/twisted (generic), Twisted (pip), twisted (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| twisted/twistedgeneric | <26.10.0rc1 | 26.10.0rc1 |
| Twistedpip | <=26.4.0 | 26.10.0rc1 |
| twistedpypi | >=0 <26.10.0rc1 | 26.10.0rc1 |
Published upstream
Oct 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 23, 2026
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.
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