CVE-2025-67726

Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Versions 6.5.2 and below use an inefficient algorithm when parsing parameters for HTTP header values, potentially causing a DoS. The _parseparam function in httputil.py is used to parse specific HTTP header values, such as those in multipart/form-data and repeatedly calls string.count() within a nested loop while processing quoted semicolons. If an attacker sends a request with a large number of maliciously crafted parameters in a Content-Disposition header, the server's CPU usage increases quadratically (O(n²)) during parsing. Due to Tornado's single event loop architecture, a single malicious request can cause the entire server to become unresponsive for an extended period. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.3.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:tornadoweb:tornado:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Dec 2025, 18:56

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First Time Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado
References () https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/771472cfdaeebc0d89a9cc46e249f8891a6b29cd - () https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/771472cfdaeebc0d89a9cc46e249f8891a6b29cd - Patch
References () https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.5.3 - () https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.5.3 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-jhmp-mqwm-3gq8 - () https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-jhmp-mqwm-3gq8 - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tornadoweb:tornado:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

12 Dec 2025, 07:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-12 07:15

Updated : 2025-12-22 18:56


NVD link : CVE-2025-67726

Mitre link : CVE-2025-67726

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-67726


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Products Affected

tornadoweb

  • tornado
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-834

Excessive Iteration