CVE-2026-123534

NameCVE-2026-123534
DescriptionTornado before 6.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability in RequestHandler.static_url() and get_version() that allows attackers to hash files outside static_path using ../ sequences. Attackers controlling input passed to static_url() can obtain SHA-512 hashes of readable files to confirm their existence, or reference /dev/zero to block the event loop indefinitely.
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)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-tornado (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)6.2.0-3+deb12u4vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie6.4.2-3+deb13u2vulnerable
forky6.5.5-5vulnerable
sid6.6.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-tornadosource(unstable)6.6.0-1

Notes

https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-v8g8-cp5j-42fg
https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/pull/3784
Fixed by: https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/6371c4b67a19766b86d0eb7c7b0c913fc37722fe (v6.6.0rc1)
Fixed by: https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/2b230bf89604fa7cfaf7e1d0922aeb2ed919f3a4 (v6.6.0rc1)
Fixed by: https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/c433feb3b2bca6f69f9b30e98af6a66069f1edd4 (v6.6.0rc1)

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