GHSA-78CV-MQJ4-43F7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-11 22:17 – Updated: 2026-03-11 22:17
VLAI?
Summary
Tornado has incomplete validation of cookie attributes
Details

Values passed to the domain, path, and samesite arguments of RequestHandler.set_cookie were not completely validated in versions of Tornado prior to 6.5.5. In particular, semicolons would be allowed, which could be used to inject attacker-controlled values for other cookie attributes.

Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 6.5.4"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "tornado"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.5.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-11T22:17:00Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Values passed to the `domain`, `path`, and `samesite` arguments of `RequestHandler.set_cookie` were not completely validated in versions of Tornado prior to 6.5.5. In particular, semicolons would be allowed, which could be used to inject attacker-controlled values for other cookie attributes.",
  "id": "GHSA-78cv-mqj4-43f7",
  "modified": "2026-03-11T22:17:00Z",
  "published": "2026-03-11T22:17:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-78cv-mqj4-43f7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/24a2d96ea115f663b223887deb0060f13974c104"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.5.5"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Tornado has incomplete validation of cookie attributes"
}


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