Tornado: Authorization header forwarded across cross-origin redirects in SimpleAsyncHTTPClient (tornadoweb tornado)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Prior to 6.5.6, SimpleAsyncHTTPClient shallow-copied redirected requests and removed only the Host header, leaving Authorization, auth_username, auth_password, and auth_mode in place when a redirect changed scheme, host, or port. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.6.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-3x9g-8vmp-wqvf — Tornado: Authorization header forwarded across cross-origin redirects in SimpleAsyncHTTPClient
- PYSEC-2026-3387 — Tornado: Authorization header forwarded across cross-origin redirects in SimpleAsyncHTTPClient
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-44503
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-49853
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| tornadoweb · tornado | affected < 6.5.6 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |