CVE-2026-115776

Twisted: Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service in the Twisted IRC Server via an Unbounded Line Buffer

CVE-2026-115776 is fixed in twisted on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-115776 (version 26.10.0-1), released November 3, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVSS

7.5

Moderate

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0050

43rd percentile

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 26.10.0rc1, twisted.words.protocols.irc.IRC.dataReceived retains all bytes received without a line feed in its per-connection buffer and applies no maximum line length. The twisted.words.service.IRCUser server subclass inherits this behavior, and buffering occurs before PASS, NICK, or USER authentication commands. An unauthenticated connection can continuously grow the buffer until the shared server process runs out of memory and drops all users. This issue is fixed in version 26.10.0rc1.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Linux
twisted · Debian 14	26.10.0-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-115776	Nov 3, 2026

Details

Published
October 23, 2026
Weakness
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vendor advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-115776

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