Tornado has incomplete validation of cookie attributes (CVE-2026-35536) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 5.4CVE-2026-35536GHSA-78CV-MQJ4-43F7

Tornado has incomplete validation of cookie attributes

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-35536 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in Tornado has incomplete validation of cookie attributes. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps tornado (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.

Published Mar 11, 2026Updated Sep 10, 2026Source checked Sep 10, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 10, 2026Material review Sep 10, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 5.4
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 5.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps tornado (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
tornadopypi	>=0 <6.5.5	6.5.5

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for tornado.
Review the reported fix. Update tornado to 6.5.5 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Mar 11, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

Values passed to the `domain`, `path`, and `samesite` arguments of `RequestHandler.set_cookie` were not completely validated in versions of Tornado prior to 6.5.5. In particular, semicolons would be allowed, which could be used to inject attacker-controlled values for other cookie attributes.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.