In Twisted Web through 19.10.0, there was an HTTP request splitting vulnerability. When presented with two content-length headers, it ignored the first header. When the second content-length value was set to zero, the request body was interpreted as a pipelined request.
CVE-2020-10108
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.4%, top 12% 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 89.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 12, 2020
Last Modified
November 25, 2024
Advisory Details (6)
Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026Bishop Fox Offensive Security Advisories Blog | Bishop Fox
https://know.bishopfox.com/advisoriesTwisted: Access restriction bypasses (GLSA 202007-24) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-24[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-twisted-19.10.0-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YW3NIL7VXSGJND2Q4BSXM3CFTAFU6T7D/[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-twisted-19.2.1-6.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6ISMZFZBWW4EV6ETJGXAYIXN3AT7GBPL/[SECURITY] [DLA 2927-1] twisted security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00021.htmlTwisted Version 19.10.0 | Bishop Fox
https://know.bishopfox.com/advisories/twisted-version-19.10.0Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-10108(2)
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 (17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-twisted-web-0:8.2.0-6.el6_10 | 2020-04-29 | redhat |
| redhat | python-twisted-web-0:12.1.0-7.el7_8 | 2020-04-23 | 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 ... 9.0.0 (75 versions) | 20.3.0rc1 | — |
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.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-101082021-07-30
In Twisted Web through 19.10.0 there was an HTTP request splitting vulnerability. When presented with two content-length headers it ignored the first header. When the second content-length value was set to zero the request body was interpreted as a pipelined request.
- UbuntuUSN-4308-1MEDIUM
Twisted vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4308-2MEDIUM
Twisted vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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