What is CVE-2023-46137?

CVE-2023-46137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Twisted, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-46137?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-46137 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Twisted

CVE-2023-46137

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications. Prior to version 23.10.0rc1, when sending multiple HTTP requests in one TCP packet, twisted.web will process the requests asynchronously without guaranteeing the response order. If one of the endpoints is controlled by an attacker, the attacker can delay the response on purpose to manipulate the response of the second request when a victim launched two requests using HTTP pipeline. Version 23.10.0rc1 contains a patch for this issue.

Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling

EPSS: 0.008 (53.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Twisted — versions 23.10.0rc1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-444 — Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46137?: CVE-2023-46137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Twisted, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-46137?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46137 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.