🛡️ CVE-2023-28370 on Debian — python-tornado

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Open redirect vulnerability in Tornado versions 6.3.1 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect a user to an arbitrary web site and conduct a phishing attack by having user access a specially crafted URL.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-28370 as tracked by Debian, for the package python-tornado. The fix is available in version 6.3.2-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28370 is classified as CWE-601: Open Redirect. A redirect target is taken from user input, so a trusted link can send the visitor to an attacker's site.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28370 is recorded against 1 package.

  • python-tornado (fixed in 6.3.2-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 May 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-28370 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-05-25
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python-tornado — 6.3.2-1

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