RockyLinux 9 : python-tornado (RLSA-2026:13670)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312323

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:13670 advisory.

* tornado-python: Tornado: Denial of Service via large multipart bodies (CVE-2026-31958)

* tornado: Tornado: Cookie attribute injection due to improper handling of cookie arguments (CVE-2026-35536)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-tornado-debugsource, python3-tornado and / or python3-tornado-debuginfo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312323

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-13670.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 5/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35536

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31958

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-tornado-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-tornado, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-tornado-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31958, CVE-2026-35536

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