Open redirect in Tornado - CVE-2023-28370

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Open redirect in Tornado - CVE-2023-28370

Published: May 22, 2023 / Updated: June 9, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76397
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28370
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.


Affected software

Tornado
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Proxy Module
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Server Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE Manager Client Tools for RHEL, Liberty and Clones
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE Manager Client Tools for Debian
SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE
Advanced Systems Management Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
Server Applications Module
Transactional Server Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
Spectrum Discover
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
python3-tornado (Ubuntu package)
python-tornado (Ubuntu package)
kiwi-desc-saltboot
prometheus-blackbox_exporter
prometheus-blackbox_exporter-debuginfo
system-user-prometheus
python3-looseversion
python-tornado
python3-tornado
python-tornado-debuginfo
python-tornado-debugsource
spacecmd
python3-tornado-debuginfo
python2-tornado
python2-tornado-debuginfo
python-tornado (Red Hat package)
salt-common
salt-minion
venv-salt-minion
salt-cloud
salt
salt-api
python3-salt
salt-doc
salt-zsh-completion
salt-bash-completion
salt-fish-completion
salt-syndic
salt-master
salt-standalone-formulas-configuration
salt-proxy
salt-transactional-update
salt-ssh
salt-tests
watsonx.data
QNAP QES
Netezza Performance Server Replication Services
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
IBM Netezza for Cloud Pak for Data
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2023-28370

Install updates from vendor's website.

Tornado - update to 6.3.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - update to 2.0.2.1.IF2
python3-tornado (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 6.2.0-3ubuntu0.1, 6.4.0-1ubuntu0.1, 6.4.1-2ubuntu0.1
python-tornado (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
kiwi-desc-saltboot - update to 0.1.1687520761.cefb248-1.35.2
prometheus-blackbox_exporter - addressed in versions 0.24.0-1.20.3, 0.24.0-150000.1.20.2
prometheus-blackbox_exporter-debuginfo - update to 0.24.0-1.20.3
system-user-prometheus - update to 1.0.0-150000.10.1
python3-looseversion - update to 1.0.2-2
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.3
Spectrum Discover - addressed in versions 2.0.4.8, 2.1.1
QNAP QES - update to 2.2.1 20241231
Netezza Performance Server Replication Services - update to 3.0.5.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1
python-tornado - addressed in versions 4.2.1-17.7.1, 4.4.3-3.3.1, 4.5.3-3.3.1
python3-tornado - addressed in versions 4.2.1-17.7.1, 4.5.3-150000.3.6.1
python-tornado-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.2.1-17.7.1, 4.4.3-3.3.1, 4.5.3-3.3.1, 4.5.3-150000.3.6.1
python-tornado-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.2.1-17.7.1, 4.4.3-3.3.1, 4.5.3-3.3.1, 4.5.3-150000.3.6.1
spacecmd - addressed in versions 4.3.22-2.51.2, 4.3.22-38.124.3, 4.3.22-150000.3.101.1
python3-tornado-debuginfo - update to 4.5.3-150000.3.6.1
python2-tornado - update to 4.5.3-150000.3.6.1
python2-tornado-debuginfo - update to 4.5.3-150000.3.6.1
python3-tornado - update to 5.0.2-8
python-tornado-debuginfo - update to 5.0.2-8
python-tornado-debugsource - update to 5.0.2-8
python2-tornado - update to 5.0.2-8
python-tornado - update to 5.0.2-8
python-tornado - update to 6.1.0-2
python-tornado (Red Hat package) - update to 6.1.0-9.el9
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.120
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - update to 10.1.15.2
IBM Netezza for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 11.2.3.3
salt-common - update to 3006.0+ds-1+2.83.2
salt-minion - addressed in versions 3006.0+ds-1+2.83.2, 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
venv-salt-minion - addressed in versions 3006.0-1.19.2, 3006.0-2.33.1, 3006.0-3.33.2, 3006.0-150000.3.35.1
salt-cloud - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-api - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
python3-salt - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-doc - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-zsh-completion - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-bash-completion - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-fish-completion - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-syndic - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-master - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-standalone-formulas-configuration - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-proxy - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-transactional-update - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-ssh - addressed in versions 3006.0-150100.100.2, 3006.0-150200.101.2, 3006.0-150300.53.53.2, 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2
salt-tests - addressed in versions 3006.0-150400.8.37.2, 3006.0-150500.4.12.2

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