CVE-2025-67726

NameCVE-2025-67726
DescriptionTornado 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1122663

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-tornado (PTS)bullseye6.1.0-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)6.1.0-1+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)6.2.0-3+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie6.4.2-3vulnerable
forky, sid6.5.2-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-tornadosource(unstable)(unfixed)1122663

Notes

https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-jhmp-mqwm-3gq8
Fixed by: https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/771472cfdaeebc0d89a9cc46e249f8891a6b29cd (v6.5.3)

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