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SCA: security update for Twisted (GHSA-53xc-49m8-p798)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 477261

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, twisted.words.protocols.irc.IRC.dataReceived retains all bytes received without a line feed in
 its per-connection buffer and applies no maximum line length. The twisted.words.service.IRCUser server
 subclass inherits this behavior, and buffering occurs before PASS, NICK, or USER authentication commands.
 An unauthenticated connection can continuously grow the buffer until the shared server process runs out of
 memory and drops all users. This issue is fixed in version 26.10.0rc1. (CVE-2026-115776)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53xc-49m8-p798

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 477261

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-115776

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

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-2026-115776