CVE-2025-67725: Tornado is Vulnerable to Quadratic DoS via Repeated Header Coalescing
tornadoweb · tornado
Affected: tornadoweb · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 49% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. In versions 6.5.2 and below, a single maliciously crafted HTTP request can block the server's event loop for an extended period, caused by the HTTPHeaders.add method. The function accumulates values using string concatenation when the same header name is repeated, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). Due to Python string immutability, each concatenation copies the entire string, resulting in O(n²) time complexity. The severity can vary from high if max_header_size has been increased from its default, to low if it has its default value of 64KB. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.3.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- tornadoweb · tornado< 6.5.3
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- tornadoweb
- Published
- December 2025
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