Description
In Tornado before 6.5.5, cookie attribute injection could occur because the domain, path, and samesite arguments to .RequestHandler.set_cookie were not checked for crafted characters.
Published: 2026-04-03
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Session hijacking via cookie attribute injection
Action: Patch Immediately
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fqwm-6jpj-5wxc Tornado has cookie attribute injection via .RequestHandler.set_cookie
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8198-1 Tornado vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8198-2 Tornado vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tornadoweb:tornado:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Cookie Attribute Injection in Tornado’s set_cookie tornado: Tornado: Cookie attribute injection due to improper handling of cookie arguments
Weaknesses CWE-88
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Cookie Attribute Injection in Tornado’s set_cookie
First Time appeared Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado
Vendors & Products Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Tornado before 6.5.5, cookie attribute injection could occur because the domain, path, and samesite arguments to .RequestHandler.set_cookie were not checked for crafted characters.
Weaknesses CWE-159
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Tornadoweb Tornado
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-03T13:12:16.105Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T02:25:57.035Z

Link: CVE-2026-35536

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-03T13:12:12.583Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-03T04:16:53.550

Modified: 2026-04-10T15:14:22.700

Link: CVE-2026-35536

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-03T02:25:57Z

Links: CVE-2026-35536 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-04-13T14:28:00Z

Weaknesses