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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2026-103263 json

Tornado before 6.5.9 StaticFileHandler Path Traversal via Symlink

published 2026-09-30 39 d ago modified 2026-10-02 37 d ago also GHSA-c2m8-h5v5-343r , EUVD-2026-90657

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Tornado before 6.5.9 contains a path traversal vulnerability in StaticFileHandler that follows symbolic links inside the static root without confirming the resolved target stays within it. When a symlink pointing outside the static directory exists inside it, unauthenticated attackers can request it to read files such as configuration files, private keys, and application secrets accessible to the process user.

Patch / fix

  • pypi tornado 6.5.9
  • tornadoweb tornado 6.5.9
  • python-tornado Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.4.0-1ubuntu0.7
  • python-tornado Ubuntu 26.10 6.5.5-5ubuntu1.2
  • python-tornado Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 6.5.4-0.1ubuntu0.3
  • python-tornado Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm5
  • python-tornado Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4.5.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm5
  • python-tornado Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 6.1.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-103263

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-103263 updated cvss 5.9

tornado: Tornado: Information disclosure via symlink path traversal in StaticFileHandler

  • Red Hat Lightspeed Core lightspeed-core/rag-tool-cpu-rhel9, lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack-rhel9, lightspeed-core/rag-tool-cuda-12.9-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-solution-server-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-ocp-rag-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pcs, pcs-snmp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 python3-tornado, rhel9/keylime-verifier, rhel9/keylime-registrar, python-tornado 6.5.10-1.el10_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 rhel10/keylime-verifier, rhel10/keylime-registrar, python-tornado 6.5.10-1.el10_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-rocm-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-gaudi-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9
    +3 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9, rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-cpu-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-cuda-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-rocm-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-cpu-torch210-py312-rhel9, +23 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9, python-flit 3.9.0-3.1.el9ocp, python-pep517 0.13.0-5.2.el9ocp, python-tornado 6.5.10-1.el10_2.1 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 rhosp-rhel8/openstack-redis, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-haproxy, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-mariadb, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-rabbitmq, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-ovn-northd, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-manila-share, +2 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 rhosp-rhel9/openstack-redis, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-haproxy, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-mariadb, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-rabbitmq, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-ovn-northd, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-manila-share, +2 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
38 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-c2m8-h5v5-343r referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 4.0 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi tornado
<6.5.9
6.5.9

Affected products

  • tornadoweb tornado

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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