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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-91990

Tornado before 6.5.8 Memory Amplification DoS via multipart

Description

Tornado before 6.5.8 contains a memory amplification vulnerability in parse_multipart_form_data that splits multipart data before validating the max_parts limit. Attackers can send crafted multipart requests with many parts to create large transient lists, exhausting server memory and causing denial of service.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

tornadoweb tornado

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 6.5.8affected
  • 6.5.8unaffected
pkg:pypi/tornado

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