Description
Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. Prior to 6.6, tornado.web.RedirectHandler URL templates can place regex-capture substitutions where crafted request paths change the redirect scheme or network location. Affected placements include substitutions at the start of a path, directly after a fixed host, or at the beginning of the template, including protocol-relative, absolute, backslash, encoded, host-extension, and user-info variants interpreted by browsers as attacker-controlled destinations. Static templates and substitutions after a fixed host followed by a slash are not affected. An attacker can use the resulting open redirect on the application's domain for phishing. This issue is fixed in version 6.6.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tornadoweb | tornado | < 6.6 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | python-tornado6 | 6.6-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12440-1 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | python-tornado | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | dask-kubernetes | 2026.3.0-r21 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | mitmproxy | 12.3.1-r3 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | tornado | < 6.6 | 6.6 | GHSA-pw9p-v7r6-gx4p |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12440-1 python313-tornado6-6.6-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Nov 6, 2026
References
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-pw9p-v7r6-gx4p
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/pull/3786
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/940ea725bdd9bc68231d68a105eef17ea6e11233
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/cc75ab0eb3af459c714895a49f682ad354f50117
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/ccb6a2e5482f17997efd4a74b8200d5b4babc035
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.6.0