CVE-2026-49855
Public on 2026-07-14
Modified on 2026-07-16
Description
Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Prior to 6.5.6, Tornado gzip decompression routines processed limited-size chunks but did not enforce an overall limit on accumulated decompressed chunks, allowing a malicious server accessed by SimpleAsyncHTTPClient or an HTTPServer configured with decompress_request=True to consume effectively unlimited memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.6.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python-flit | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python-tornado | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python-tornado | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python3-tornado | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python3.13-tornado | Pending Fix |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |