CVE-2022-39348 — Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications. Started with version 0.9.4, when the host header does not match a configured host `twisted.web.vhost.NameVirtualHost` will return a `NoResource` resource which renders the Host header unescaped into the 404 response a
Published
2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-11-03T21:46:32.067Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications. Started with version 0.9.4, when the host header does not match a configured host `twisted.web.vhost.NameVirtualHost` will return a `NoResource` resource which renders the Host header unescaped into the 404 response allowing HTML and script injection. In practice this should be very difficult to exploit as being able to modify the…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| twisted | twisted | >= 0.9.4, < 22.10.0rc1 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-11-03T21:46:32.067Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-vg46-2rrj-3647
- github.com — https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/f2f5e81c03f14e253e85fe457e646130780db4…
- github.com — https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/f49041bb67792506d85aeda9cf6157e92f8048…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00038.html
- security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-02
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