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CVE-2026-91992GHSA-PW6J-QG29-8W7F

Tornado before 6.5.7 Credential Leak via Handle Reuse

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.5.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Tornado before 6.5.7 contains a credential leak vulnerability in CurlAsyncHTTPClient where pycurl handles are reused across requests without proper state clearing. Attackers can obtain sensitive credentials by issuing requests through the same client instance, allowing TLS certificates or proxy authentication to persist across unintended requests.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • tornadoweb tornado

    fixed in 6.5.7

  • tornadoPyPI

    fixed in 6.5.7

References 2

GitHub · tornadoweb/tornado

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