HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting python-tornado package, versions <6.1.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PYTHONTORNADO-19866298
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed15 Sept 2026

Introduced: 15 Sep 2026

CVE-2024-14029  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 python-tornado to version 6.1.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-tornado package and not the python-tornado package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Tornado before 6.4.1 ignores duplicate Transfer-Encoding: chunked headers, treating requests as having no message body and parsing the chunked body as a subsequent request. Attackers can exploit this inconsistency when Tornado is deployed behind proxies to perform HTTP request smuggling, enabling access control bypass, cache poisoning, or connection desynchronization.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1