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CVE-2026-103262

Tornado before 6.5.9 Denial of Service via CurlAsyncHTTPClient

CVSS 4.0 8.7 HIGHCVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown
Original advisory

Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

cve-program · CVE-2026-103262

Published

Tornado versions before 6.5.9 contain an unbounded memory accumulation vulnerability in CurlAsyncHTTPClient that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending a compressed response. Attackers can send a gzip-encoded decompression bomb that accumulates in memory without size limits, causing the application process to be killed by out-of-memory conditions.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-103262

Published

Tornado before 6.5.9 Denial of Service via CurlAsyncHTTPClient

Tornado versions before 6.5.9 contain an unbounded memory accumulation vulnerability in CurlAsyncHTTPClient that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending a compressed response. Attackers can send a gzip-encoded decompression bomb that accumulates in memory without size limits, causing the application process to be killed by out-of-memory conditions.

Source published
1 Oct 2026 10:42:04 UTC
Source modified
6 Oct 2026 00:08:58 UTC
Saved here
23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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