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MediumVulnerabilityCVE-2026-115927updated 28 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTC

Tornado: Event loop blocking and excess memory use from chunked bodies with many small chunks

Fixed in tornado 6.6Official source
SeverityMediumCVSS 5.3 of 10
Being exploited?UnclearNo reports either way yet
Fix available?Yestornado 6.6 · since 28 Oct 2026
How sure is this?Official sourceBacked by an official source

Are you affected?

Package / productAffected versionsFixed in
tornado · pip< 6.66.6

Timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2026, 22:43 UTC
    Publicly disclosed
  2. 28 Oct 2026, 22:43 UTC
    Reported by GitHub Advisory · GitHub Advisory
  3. 28 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTC
    Picked up by Zero Radar

Sources 1 report, oldest first

Official vendor, government CERT or advisory database

Technical details

ID
CVE-2026-115927 · GHSA-r4j5-9xpp-3985
CVSS
5.3 / 10
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation within 30 days
Disclosed
28 Oct 2026, 22:43 UTC
On Zero Radar
28 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTC (0 min after disclosure)
Last change
28 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTC

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