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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Twisted: Unauthenticated Remote Denial of Service in the Twisted words domish XML Element Stream via an Unbounded Element Tree | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-770 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-10-23T20:16:29.913Z
Updated: 2026-10-23T20:16:29.913Z
Reserved: 2026-10-23T13:28:51.847Z
Link: CVE-2026-115775
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T21:17:23.050
Modified: 2026-10-23T21:17:23.050
Link: CVE-2026-115775