vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2025-67726: Important priority package update for python-tornado
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 12, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Jan 12, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 12, 2025
Added
Jan 12, 2026
Modified
Jan 12, 2026
Description
Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Versions 6.5.2 and below use an inefficient algorithm when parsing parameters for HTTP header values, potentially causing a DoS. The _parseparam function in httputil.py is used to parse specific HTTP header values, such as those in multipart/form-data and repeatedly calls string.count() within a nested loop while processing quoted semicolons. If an attacker sends a request with a large number of maliciously crafted parameters in a Content-Disposition header, the server's CPU usage increases quadratically (O(n²)) during parsing. Due to Tornado's single event loop architecture, a single malicious request can cause the entire server to become unresponsive for an extended period. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.3.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-tornadoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-tornado-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python-tornado-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python-tornado-doc
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