CVE-2026-42304
CVE-2026-42304 · Twisted: Denial of Service (DoS) in twisted.names via Crafted DNS Compression Pointer Chains
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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.
CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 0.9% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Affected products and versions
twisted
- Versions
- < 26.4.0rc2: Affected
No fix published
twisted Debian:12
- Versions
- 22.4.0-4
- 22.4.0-4+deb12u1
- 23.10.0-1
- 23.10.0-2
- 24.10.0-1
- 24.10.0-2
- 24.11.0-1
- 24.3.0-1
- 24.3.0-2
- 24.3.0-3
- 24.7.0-1
- 24.7.0-2
- 24.7.0-3
- 25.5.0-1
- 25.5.0-2
- 25.5.0-3
- 25.5.0-4
- 25.5.0-5
- 26.4.0-1
- 26.4.0-2
- 26.4.0-3
- 26.4.0-4
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
twisted Debian:13
- Versions
- 24.11.0-1
- 25.5.0-1
- 25.5.0-2
- 25.5.0-3
- 25.5.0-4
- 25.5.0-5
- 26.4.0-1
- 26.4.0-2
- 26.4.0-3
- 26.4.0-4
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
twisted Debian:14
- Versions
- 24.11.0-1
- 25.5.0-1
- 25.5.0-2
- 25.5.0-3
- 25.5.0-4
- 25.5.0-5
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 26.4.0-1
Update to 26.4.0-1
twisted PyPI
- Versions
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.2.0
- 10.0.0
- 10.1.0
- 10.2.0
- 11.0.0
- 11.1.0
- 12.0.0
- 12.1.0
- 12.2.0
- 12.3.0
- 13.0.0
- 13.1.0
- 13.2.0
- 14.0.0
- 14.0.1
- 14.0.2
- 15.0.0
- 15.1.0
- 15.2.0
- 15.2.1
- 15.3.0
- 15.4.0
- 15.5.0
- 16.0.0
- 16.1.0
- 16.1.1
- 16.2.0
- 16.3.0
- 16.3.1
- 16.3.2
- 16.4.0
- 16.4.1
- 16.5.0
- 16.5.0rc1
- 16.5.0rc2
- 16.6.0
- 16.6.0rc1
- 16.7.0rc1
- 16.7.0rc2
- 17.1.0
- 17.1.0rc1
- 17.5.0
- 17.9.0
- 17.9.0rc1
- 18.4.0
- 18.4.0rc1
- 18.7.0
- 18.7.0rc1
- 18.7.0rc2
- 18.9.0
- 18.9.0rc1
- 19.10.0
- 19.10.0rc1
- 19.2.0
- 19.2.0rc1
- 19.2.0rc2
- 19.2.1
- 19.7.0
- 19.7.0rc1
- 2.1.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.5.0
- 20.3.0
- 20.3.0rc1
- 21.2.0
- 21.2.0rc1
- 21.7.0
- 21.7.0rc1
- 21.7.0rc2
- 21.7.0rc3
- 22.1.0
- 22.1.0rc1
- 22.10.0
- 22.10.0rc1
- 22.2.0
- 22.2.0rc1
- 22.4.0
- 22.4.0rc1
- 22.8.0
- 22.8.0rc1
- 23.10.0
- 23.10.0rc1
- 23.8.0
- 23.8.0rc1
- 24.10.0
- 24.10.0rc1
- 24.11.0
- 24.11.0rc1
- 24.11.0rc2
- 24.2.0rc1
- 24.3.0
- 24.7.0
- 24.7.0rc1
- 24.7.0rc2
- 25.5.0
- 25.5.0rc1
- 8.0.0
- 8.0.1
- 8.1.0
- 8.2.0
- 9.0.0
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 26.4.0rc2
Update to 26.4.0rc2
twisted PyPI
- Versions
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.2.0
- 10.0.0
- 10.1.0
- 10.2.0
- 11.0.0
- 11.1.0
- 12.0.0
- 12.1.0
- 12.2.0
- 12.3.0
- 13.0.0
- 13.1.0
- 13.2.0
- 14.0.0
- 14.0.1
- 14.0.2
- 15.0.0
- 15.1.0
- 15.2.0
- 15.2.1
- 15.3.0
- 15.4.0
- 15.5.0
- 16.0.0
- 16.1.0
- 16.1.1
- 16.2.0
- 16.3.0
- 16.3.1
- 16.3.2
- 16.4.0
- 16.4.1
- 16.5.0
- 16.5.0rc1
- 16.5.0rc2
- 16.6.0
- 16.6.0rc1
- 16.7.0rc1
- 16.7.0rc2
- 17.1.0
- 17.1.0rc1
- 17.5.0
- 17.9.0
- 17.9.0rc1
- 18.4.0
- 18.4.0rc1
- 18.7.0
- 18.7.0rc1
- 18.7.0rc2
- 18.9.0
- 18.9.0rc1
- 19.10.0
- 19.10.0rc1
- 19.2.0
- 19.2.0rc1
- 19.2.0rc2
- 19.2.1
- 19.7.0
- 19.7.0rc1
- 2.1.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.5.0
- 20.3.0
- 20.3.0rc1
- 21.2.0
- 21.2.0rc1
- 21.7.0
- 21.7.0rc1
- 21.7.0rc2
- 21.7.0rc3
- 22.1.0
- 22.1.0rc1
- 22.10.0
- 22.10.0rc1
- 22.2.0
- 22.2.0rc1
- 22.4.0
- 22.4.0rc1
- 22.8.0
- 22.8.0rc1
- 23.10.0
- 23.10.0rc1
- 23.8.0
- 23.8.0rc1
- 24.10.0
- 24.10.0rc1
- 24.11.0
- 24.11.0rc1
- 24.11.0rc2
- 24.2.0rc1
- 24.3.0
- 24.7.0
- 24.7.0rc1
- 24.7.0rc2
- 25.5.0
- 25.5.0rc1
- 26.4.0rc2
- 8.0.0
- 8.0.1
- 8.1.0
- 8.2.0
- 9.0.0
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 26.4.0
Update to 26.4.0
twisted Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 13.0.0-1ubuntu1
- 13.2.0-1ubuntu1
- 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2
- 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
- 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm2
- 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
twisted Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 15.2.1-1ubuntu2
- 15.5.0-1
- 15.5.0-2
- 15.5.0-2ubuntu1
- 15.5.0-4
- 16.0.0~pre1-1
- 16.0.0~pre1-1ubuntu1
- 16.0.0~pre1-2ubuntu1
- 16.0.0~pre1-3
- 16.0.0-1
- 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.2
- 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
- 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
- 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
twisted Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 16.6.0-2ubuntu3
- 17.9.0-1
- 17.9.0-2
- 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
- 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3
- 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
- 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
twisted Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 18.9.0-3ubuntu1
- 18.9.0-5
- 18.9.0-6
- 18.9.0-6build1
- 18.9.0-6ubuntu1
- 18.9.0-8
- 18.9.0-11
- 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.1
- 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.2
- 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.3
- 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.4
- 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.5
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
twisted Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20.3.0-7ubuntu1
- 20.3.0-7ubuntu3
- 22.1.0-2ubuntu2
- 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.1
- 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.3
- 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.4
- 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.5
- 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.6
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.7
Update to 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.7
twisted Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 22.4.0-4
- 22.4.0-4ubuntu1
- 23.10.0-2
- 24.3.0-1
- 24.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 24.3.0-1ubuntu0.2
Update to 24.3.0-1ubuntu0.2
twisted Ubuntu:25.10
- Versions
- 24.11.0-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 24.11.0-1ubuntu0.1
Update to 24.11.0-1ubuntu0.1
twisted Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
- Versions
- 24.11.0-1
- 25.5.0-4
- 25.5.0-5
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 25.5.0-5ubuntu0.1
Update to 25.5.0-5ubuntu0.1