Medium severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-115877
Twisted: HTTP Request Smuggling in twisted.web via a Bare CR or LF in a Header Value
New
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TW
twisted · twisted
< 26.10.0rc1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115877
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115877
github.com
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/022b6f7feb5980166c71f54e2c0d8f4f21ff6e1a
github.com
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/1616f702d36eda8990a5a5b22ad70fab140a7eb1
github.com
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/12755
github.com
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-26.10.0rc1
github.com
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-q7qq-6mhp-9rc4
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