Arbitrary HTTP requests via unvalidated header values
Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 15, 2026
CRLF injection in CurlAsyncHTTPClient in tornadoweb Tornado before 6.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject headers into outbound requests. Header names and values are passed verbatim to libcurl without rejecting carriage returns or line feeds, unlike the standard client. Exploitation requires an application to place attacker-controlled data in a CurlAsyncHTTPClient header and can create arbitrary requests to the chosen server.
Summary
What happened
CRLF injection in CurlAsyncHTTPClient in tornadoweb Tornado before 6.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject headers into outbound requests. Header names and values are passed verbatim to libcurl without rejecting carriage returns or line feeds, unlike the standard client. Exploitation requires an application to place attacker-controlled data in a CurlAsyncHTTPClient header and can create arbitrary requests to the chosen server.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-58384
- Published
- Sep 15, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 15, 2026
- Vendor
- tornadoweb
- Product
- Tornado
- Classifications
- CWE-93
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.4.1
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Public exploit references
- Upstream CurlAsyncHTTPClient CRLF injection PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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