CVE-2026-106454

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. In 25.5.0 and earlier, wildcardToRegexp() in twisted/mail/imap4.py translates the IMAP asterisk and percent wildcards but passes all other characters from an authenticated client's LIST or LSUB pattern directly to re.compile(), allowing nested or otherwise expensive regular expression constructs to cause catastrophic backtracking when matched against mailbox names. Because Twisted uses a cooperative single-threaded reactor, the blocking match suspends all server input and output for the duration of the match. No fixed release is available as of this review.
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History

07 Oct 2026, 17:16

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References () https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-8pqf-f4m5-798g - () https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-8pqf-f4m5-798g -

06 Oct 2026, 20:17

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Information

Published : 2026-10-06 20:17

Updated : 2026-10-07 17:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-106454

Mitre link : CVE-2026-106454

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-106454


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CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity