CVE-2026-116578
Tornado: Open redirect in RedirectHandler via protocol-relative URLs
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 26, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 26, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update Tornado to version 6.6 or later.
- Verify redirect handling in URL templates.
- Sanitize user-supplied input for redirects.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-601 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/116xxx/CVE-2026-116578.json">CVE-2026-116578</a> Added Reference https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/940ea725bdd9bc68231d68a105eef17ea6e11233 Added Reference https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/cc75ab0eb3af459c714895a49f682ad354f50117 Added Reference https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/ccb6a2e5482f17997efd4a74b8200d5b4babc035 Added Reference https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/pull/3786 Added Reference https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.6.0 Added Reference https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-pw9p-v7r6-gx4p