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CVE-2022-21716

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2022-03-03 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 22.2.0, Twisted SSH client and server implement is able to accept an infinite amount of data for the peer's SSH version identifier. This ends up with a buffer using all the available memory. The attach is a simple as `nc -rv localhost 22 < /dev/zero`. A patch is available in version 22.2.0. There are currently no known workarounds.

Affected Platforms

Twisted TwistedOracle Http ServerFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian LinuxOracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit

Weakness Type

CWE-120, CWE-770

References