Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-01
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Tornado before 6.5.9 Denial of Service via CurlAsyncHTTPClient
First Time appeared Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado
Weaknesses CWE-409
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tornadoweb:tornado:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}


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Tornadoweb Tornado
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T10:42:04.913Z

Reserved: 2026-09-30T10:55:39.869Z

Link: CVE-2026-103262

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-01T11:17:21.050

Modified: 2026-10-01T11:17:21.177

Link: CVE-2026-103262

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-01T10:42:04Z

Links: CVE-2026-103262 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:00:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-409

    Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)