CVE-2026-31958
In versions of Tornado prior to 6.5.5, the only limit on the number of parts in multipart/form-data is the maxbodysize setting (default 100MB). Since parsing occurs synchronously on the main thread, this creates the possibility of denial-of-service due to the cost of parsing very large multipart bodies with many parts.
Tornado 6.5.5 introduces new limits on the size and complexity of multipart bodies, including a default limit of 100 parts per request. These limits are configurable if needed; see tornado.httputil.ParseMultipartConfig. It is also now possible to disable multipart/form-data parsing entirely if it is not required for the application.
Package Versions Affected
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Related Resources
References
https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/security/advisories/GHSA-qjxf-f2mg-c6mc, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31958, https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/119a195e290c43ad2d63a2cf012c29d43d6ed839, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tornado/PYSEC-2026-140.yaml, https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado, https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/releases/tag/v6.5.5, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/04/msg00000.html
