In Twisted before 19.2.1, twisted.web did not validate or sanitize URIs or HTTP methods, allowing an attacker to inject invalid characters such as CRLF.
CVE-2019-12387
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 33% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 83.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 10, 2019
Last Modified
November 25, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00030.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00042.html
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/6c61fc4503ae39ab8ecee52d10f10ee2c371d7e2
- cve@mitrehttps://labs.twistedmatrix.com/2019/06/twisted-1921-released.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2G5RPDQ4BNB336HL6WW5ZJ344MAWNN7N/
- cve@mitrehttps://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2019-June/032352.html
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4308-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4308-2/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00030.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00042.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/6c61fc4503ae39ab8ecee52d10f10ee2c371d7e2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://labs.twistedmatrix.com/2019/06/twisted-1921-released.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2G5RPDQ4BNB336HL6WW5ZJ344MAWNN7N/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2019-June/032352.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-12387(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | twisted-doc (13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1) @ trusty | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | twisted-doc (16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-twisted-web-0:12.1.0-6.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | tfm-rubygem-zest-0:0.0.4-1.el7sat | 2019-10-22 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| twisted | 1.0.1 ... 19.2.0 (70 versions) | 19.2.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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