CVE-2026-116578: tornadoweb tornado · Open Redirect
Affects tornadoweb tornadoSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.1 Low : upgrade to 6.6 when convenient.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 20:58 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 6.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade tornadoweb tornado to 6.6.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| tornadowebtornado | Affected
| Fixed in
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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.
References
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-pw9p-v7r6-gx4p (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/pull/3786 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/940ea725bdd9bc68231d68a105eef17ea6e11233 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/cc75ab0eb3af459c714895a49f682ad354f50117 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/ccb6a2e5482f17997efd4a74b8200d5b4babc035 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.6.0 (opens in a new tab)