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Tornado before 6.5.8 Memory Amplification DoS via multipart

Published Sep 15, 2026

Description

Tornado before 6.5.8 contains a memory amplification vulnerability in parse_multipart_form_data that splits multipart data before validating the max_parts limit. Attackers can send crafted multipart requests with many parts to create large transient lists, exhausting server memory and causing denial of service.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner VulnCheck
Published Sep 15, 2026
Updated Sep 15, 2026
Reserved Sep 15, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Sep 15, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Sep 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Sep 15, 2026
ENISA EUVD
Assigner VulnCheck
Published Sep 15, 2026
Updated Sep 15, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2026-78661