Tornado before 6.5.8 contains an incomplete fix for cookie attribute injection that allows attackers to inject arbitrary cookie attributes by passing capitalized or legacy keyword arguments to set_cookie. Attackers can embed semicolon-delimited data in capitalized parameters like Domain, Path, or SameSite to bypass validation and modify cookie security attributes.
History

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-915
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description Tornado before 6.5.8 contains an incomplete fix for cookie attribute injection that allows attackers to inject arbitrary cookie attributes by passing capitalized or legacy keyword arguments to set_cookie. Attackers can embed semicolon-delimited data in capitalized parameters like Domain, Path, or SameSite to bypass validation and modify cookie security attributes.
Title Tornado before 6.5.8 Cookie Attribute Injection via Capitalized kwargs
First Time appeared Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado
Weaknesses CWE-113
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tornadoweb:tornado:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tornadoweb
Tornadoweb tornado
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-09-15T15:18:32.408Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T15:26:01.123Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T11:11:13.311Z

Link: CVE-2026-91991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T19:13:51.244Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-15T16:17:58.293

Modified: 2026-10-08T16:17:59.970

Link: CVE-2026-91991

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-15T15:18:32Z

Links: CVE-2026-91991 - Bugzilla