Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-67724

Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library.

Published Dec 12, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 18, 2025 · Tornado

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-67724. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Tornado is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor tornadoweb Tornado < 6.5.3

Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. In versions 6.5.2 and below, the supplied reason phrase is used unescaped in HTTP headers (where it could be used for header injection) or in HTML in the default error page (where it could be used for XSS) and can be exploited by passing untrusted or malicious data into the reason argument. Used by both RequestHandler.set_status and tornado.web.HTTPError, the argument is designed to allow applications to pass custom "reason" phrases (the "Not Found" in HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found) to the HTTP status line (mainly for non-standard

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • vendor tornadoweb Tornado < 6.5.3< 6.5.3

How to fix CVE-2025-67724

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-67724. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Tornado is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with tornadoweb Tornado < 6.5.3 < 6.5.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. In versions 6.5.2 and below, the supplied reason phrase is used unescaped in HTTP headers (where it could be used for header injection) or in HTML in the default error page (where it could be used for XSS) and can be exploited by passing untrusted or malicious data into the reason argument. Used by both RequestHandler.set_statu

  2. Dec 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. In versions 6.5.2 and below, the supplied reason phrase is used unescaped in HTTP headers (where it could be used for header injection) or in HTML in the default error page (where it could be used for XSS) and can be exploited by passing untrusted or malicious data into the reason argument. Used by both RequestHandler.set_statu

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-67724

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-67724

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-203032

    Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. In versions 6.5.2 and below, the supplied reason phrase is used unescaped in HTTP headers (where it could be used for header injection) or in HTML in the default error page (where it could be used for XSS) and

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 27, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
  • EUVDOct 27, 2026