GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-3x9g-8vmp-wqvf Tornado: Authorization header forwarded across cross-origin redirects in SimpleAsyncHTTPClient
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-49853
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- tornado
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-15
Affected packages
• PyPI tornado: < 6.5.6 → fixed in 6.5.6
Description
Summary
When SimpleAsyncHTTPClient follows a 3xx redirect, it shallow-copies the original HTTPRequest, rewrites the URL, decrements max_redirects, and removes only the Host header. It does not clear Authorization, auth_username, auth_password, or auth_mode when the redirect target changes origin.
As a result, credentials intended for one origin can be forwarded to a different origin when follow_redirects=True, which is the default.
Beginning in Tornado 6.5.6, `SimpleAsyncHTTPClient` matches the default behavior of `libcurl` (and therefore `CurlAsyncHTTPClient`): When a redirect changes the scheme, host, or port of the url, the `Authorization` and `Cookie` headers will be removed when following the redirect.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-49853 Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness