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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.
Base Score
7.5| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twisted(PyPI) | 0 | 26.4.0rc2 | N/A |
| Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Base Severity | High |
| Version | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector (AV) | NETWORK |
