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SCA: security update for Twisted (GHSA-3476-c5c2-fr73)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 477258

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2026-115775)

Solution

Update the Twisted library and its related packages to version 26.10.0rc1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3476-c5c2-fr73

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 477258

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/24/2026

Updated: 10/24/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-115775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-115775