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CVE-2026-35536 (GCVE-0-2026-35536)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 02:25 – Updated: 2026-04-03 13:12
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-03 13:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-159 - Improper Handling of Invalid Use of Special Elements
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
tornadoweb Tornado Affected: 0 , < 6.5.5 (semver)
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