CVE-2026-91992

high

Description

Tornado before 6.5.7 contains a credential leak vulnerability in CurlAsyncHTTPClient where pycurl handles are reused across requests without proper state clearing. Attackers can obtain sensitive credentials by issuing requests through the same client instance, allowing TLS certificates or proxy authentication to persist across unintended requests.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tornado-before-6.5.7-credential-leak-via-handle-reuse

https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-pw6j-qg29-8w7f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00206