CVE-2026-35536
Aliases:GHSA-fqwm-6jpj-5wxcECHO-b644-e810-f4a8GHSA-78cv-mqj4-43f7PYSEC-2026-2287
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Analyzed
Published: 03 Apr 2026, 02:25
Last modified:03 Apr 2026, 13:12
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100 CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
03 Apr 2026, 02:25
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Apr 2026, 13:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In Tornado before 6.5.5, cookie attribute injection could occur because the domain, path, and samesite arguments to .RequestHandler.set_cookie were not checked for crafted characters.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 15%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-159•Improper Handling of Invalid Use of Special Elements
The product does not properly filter, remove, quote, or otherwise manage the invalid use of special elements in user-controlled input, which could cause adverse effect on its behavior and integrity.
Affected Systems
- PyPI•tornado
< 6.5.5
- tornadoweb•tornado
< 6.5.5
References (6)
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-78cv-mqj4-43f7
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.5.5
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35536
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/24a2d96ea115f663b223887deb0060f13974c104
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fqwm-6jpj-5wxc