VulnerabilityPublished 13 Aug 2026Updated 30 Oct 2026

CVE-2025-67724: Snakeviz · Tornado vulnerable to Header Injection and XSS via reason argument

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-67724· Medium 5.4

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium : upgrade to 2.2.2_3 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.4Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 2.2.2_3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade snakeviz to 2.2.2_3.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Homebrewsnakeviz`pkg:brew/snakeviz`Other threats	Affected >=2.2.0 <2.2.2_3	Fixed in 2.2.2_3

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AI-suggested

Upgrade to Tornado version 6.5.3 or newer (Snakeviz 2.2.2_3 or later) to apply the official fix. Alternatively, avoid passing untrusted or user-controlled data to the `reason` argument. Since the `reason` argument is rarely required and not used in HTTP/2, it can generally be omitted. For custom error messages, use the `log_message` argument instead of `reason` to avoid injection risks.

Description

Tornado versions prior to 6.5.3 are vulnerable to header injection and reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) via the `reason` argument used in HTTP status lines. This vulnerability arises when untrusted input is passed to the `reason` argument in `RequestHandler.set_status` or `tornado.web.HTTPError`, leading to injection of malicious content in HTTP headers or the default error page. Exploitation requires an attacker to control the `reason` argument, typically through application logic that reflects user input. The vulnerability is fixed in Tornado 6.5.3 and later.

Impact

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to perform reflected XSS attacks on users viewing the default error page, potentially leading to session token theft, CSRF escalation, or UI spoofing. Header injection could also be used to manipulate HTTP headers. The vulnerability only affects applications that pass untrusted input to the `reason` argument. The CVSS score is 5.4 (medium severity), indicating a moderate impact with network attack vector and low complexity.

Summary

The `reason` argument in Tornado's HTTP status handling functions allows custom reason phrases in HTTP status lines. In versions prior to 6.5.3, if untrusted data is passed to this argument, it is used unescaped in HTTP headers and in the HTML of the default error page. This enables header injection (CWE-644) and reflected XSS (CWE-79) vulnerabilities. An attacker who can cause the application to raise an HTTP error with a crafted `reason` value can execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers or manipulate HTTP headers. The impact is limited to applications that explicitly reflect untrusted input into the `reason` argument. The issue is resolved in Tornado 6.5.3 (version 2.2.2_3 for Snakeviz).

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