CVE-2026-91990

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-91990
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-91990.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-91990
Aliases
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RHSA (3)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (3)
Published
2026-09-15T15:18:31Z
Modified
2026-10-19T17:27:08Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Tornado before 6.5.8 Memory Amplification DoS via multipart
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/91xxx/CVE-2026-91990.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/tornadoweb/tornado

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a55abe3e3bf59994f29b2f7084c46341f0d4f6a7
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "6.5.8"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StandardRange"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "6.5.8"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "DESCRIPTION"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.0.0
v1.1.0
v1.2.0
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.1.0
v2.1.1
v2.2.0
v2.3.0
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.1
v3.1.0
v3.2.0
v3.2.0b1
v3.2.0b2
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0b1
v4.0.0b2
v4.0.0b3
v4.1.0
v4.1.0b1
v4.1.0b2
v4.2.0
v4.2.0b1
v4.3.0
v4.3.0b1
v4.3.0b2
v4.4.0
v4.4.0b1
v4.4.1
v4.5.0
v4.5.1
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.1.0
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.0.0b1
v6.1.0
v6.1.0b1
v6.1.0b2
v6.2.0
v6.2.0b1
v6.2.0b2
v6.3.0
v6.3.0b1
v6.3.1
v6.4.0
v6.4.0b1
v6.4.1
v6.5.0
v6.5.0b1
v6.5.1
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4
v6.5.5
v6.5.6
v6.5.7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-91990.json"