CVE-2026-116577
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Prior to 6.6, Tornado's HTTP header parser accepts obsolete line folding and repeatedly concatenates short continuation lines, causing quadratic CPU consumption on the IOLoop thread. An unauthenticated client can submit a header block containing many obsolete line-folding continuations before application code runs, blocking other connections served by the process. The cost grows with max_header_size, and only availability is affected. This issue is fixed in version 6.6.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-26 21:18:14.087000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:18:14.710000
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"id": "CVE-2026-116577",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-26T21:18:14.087",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:18:14.710",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
"cveTags": [],
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"value": "Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Prior to 6.6, Tornado's HTTP header parser accepts obsolete line folding and repeatedly concatenates short continuation lines, causing quadratic CPU consumption on the IOLoop thread. An unauthenticated client can submit a header block containing many obsolete line-folding continuations before application code runs, blocking other connections served by the process. The cost grows with max_header_size, and only availability is affected. This issue is fixed in version 6.6."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "tornadoweb",
"product": "tornado",
"versions": [
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"version": "< 6.6",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
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],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"baseScore": 5.3,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "LOW"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 1.4
}
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},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Primary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-407"
},
{
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1b7a1dc9f340f52de929852e8125aa12f25297c9",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/pull/3765",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.6.0",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-pcg2-g6cj-q92c",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}