The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been…
Priority LOW 36CWE-538Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a security vulnerability in which a remote user has the ability to access files outside the set webservers docroot path.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04709 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven): 0.12.0Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Thrift | Apache Thrift 0.9.2 to 0.11.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven) | 0.9.2 to before 0.12.0 | 0.12.0 | Patch available | GHSA-vx85-mj8c-4qm6 |
- Apache Thrift VendorApache Affected Apache Thrift 0.9.2 to 0.11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven) Vendor— Affected 0.9.2 to before 0.12.0 Fixed in 0.12.0 Patch available GHSA-vx85-mj8c-4qm6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-vx85-mj8c-4qm6 org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven) Fixed in 0.12.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2019:3140 Released 2019-10-17 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4.8 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4.8
- RHSA-2019:1545 Released 2019-06-18 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Fuse 7.3.1 security update
- Red Hat Fuse 7.3.1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1545 |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:3140 |
Not affected: 11 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11798
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx85-mj8c-4qm6
References
Advisory 4
Other 7
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e9edd282684896cedf615fb67a02bebfe6007f2d5baf03ba52e34fd%40%3Cuser.thrift.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1606
- https://github.com/apache/thrift/commit/2a2b72f6c8aef200ecee4984f011e06052288ff2
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-4647
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e9edd282684896cedf615fb67a02bebfe6007f2d5baf03ba52e34fd@%3Cuser.thrift.apache.org%3E
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227094236/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106501
More Apache Thrift vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-40373 Apache Thrift: C++ ZLIB heap buffer overflow (write) in THeaderTransport::untransform() CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2016-04675 Command injection in Apache Thrift CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-42227 Apache Thrift: C++ THeaderTransport::readString() info-header length bounds bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-42014 Apache Thrift: Rust binary protocol non-strict path missing string size limit CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-40371 Integer overflow in Apache Thrift CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-40370 Apache Thrift: Node.js quadratic-time DoS in server receive transports CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2018-11798 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-11798 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vx85-mj8c-4qm6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-11798 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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