CVE-2026-123534
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Tornado before 6.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability in RequestHandler.static_url() and get_version() that allows attackers to hash files outside static_path using ../ sequences. Attackers controlling input passed to static_url() can obtain SHA-512 hashes of readable files to confirm their existence, or reference /dev/zero to block the event loop indefinitely.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 02:16:43.727000
Last modified
2026-11-08 02:16:43.863000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-08T02:16:43.727",
"lastModified": "2026-11-08T02:16:43.863",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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