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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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Twisted: HTTP Request Smuggling in twisted.web via a Bare CR or LF in a Header Value | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-444 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-10-23T20:25:12.031Z
Updated: 2026-10-23T20:25:12.031Z
Reserved: 2026-10-23T19:37:27.176Z
Link: CVE-2026-115877
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T21:17:23.643
Modified: 2026-10-23T21:17:23.643
Link: CVE-2026-115877