Twisted: Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service in the Twisted words domish XML Element Stream via an Unbounded Element Tree
CVE-2026-115775 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-115775, released November 3, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| python3-twisted · amzn 2023 | 22.4.0-129.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2026-3385 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| python3-twisted+tls · amzn 2023 | 22.4.0-129.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2026-3385 | Nov 10, 2026 |
| twisted · Debian 14 | 26.10.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-115775 | Nov 3, 2026 |
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