USN-7950-1: Tornado vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 January 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Tornado.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled special characters in
HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-
site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04, and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2025-67724)

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled repeated HTTP headers.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tornado to use excessive
resources, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2025-67725)

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of certain HTTP
header values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tornado
to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2025-67726)

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled special characters in
HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-
site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04, and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2025-67724)

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled repeated HTTP headers.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tornado to use excessive
resources, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2025-67725)

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of certain HTTP
header values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tornado
to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2025-67726)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing python3-tornado –  6.4.2-3ubuntu0.2
25.04 plucky python3-tornado –  6.4.2-1ubuntu0.25.04.3
24.04 LTS noble python3-tornado –  6.4.0-1ubuntu0.4
22.04 LTS jammy python3-tornado –  6.1.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm4  
20.04 LTS focal python3-tornado –  6.0.3+really5.1.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm3  
18.04 LTS bionic python-tornado –  4.5.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm2  
python3-tornado –  4.5.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm2  
16.04 LTS xenial python-tornado –  4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm2  
python3-tornado –  4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm2  

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