CVE-2026-91992Medium· 5.9▾ TwilightPoC availableTornado 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 th…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 32.5 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.2%
Exploit / PoC code exists
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.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Affected packages:
tornado < 6.5.7Patched in:
tornado 6.5.7Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pw6j-qg29-8w7f
Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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