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TI-2025-30732 Aliases CVE-2025-48431GHSA-ppv5-592p-g5q4

Apache Thrift: Specially crafted input can crash a c_glib Thrift server with invalid pointer error.

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-762Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 8 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue. Description: Specially crafted requests can crash an c_glib-based Thrift server with a clean but fatal "free(): invalid pointer" error message.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01038 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache Thrift (Apache Software Foundation): 0.23.0Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 8 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Thriftbefore 0.23.00.23.0Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Thrift VendorApache Affected before 0.23.0 Fixed in 0.23.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:thrift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.23.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:thrift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.23.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Thrift (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 0.23.0

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:36882 Released 2026-07-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.14.3 security update
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-cli-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-addon-controller-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-framework-addon-rhel9 +10
  • RHSA-2026:28010 Released 2026-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat build of Cryostat security update
    • Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 cryostat/cryostat-openshift-console-plugin-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-reports-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-rhel9 +3
  • RHSA-2026:27126 Released 2026-06-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.10.0 release
    • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-rhel9
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2026:25273 Released 2026-06-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.16.2 security update
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/console-rhel9
  • RHSA-2026:24539 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.15.3 security update
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/console-rhel9

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Apache Thrift — lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwql

    7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-30157 Apache Thrift: Node.js skip() recursionPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-30145 Apache Thrift: Swift Range crash in skip()Priority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-30144 Apache Thrift: Go TFramedTransport uint32 overflowPriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 7 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat AI Inference ServerAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 5AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 9AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3AffectedNo fix yet
Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2026:28010
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14Fixed RHSA-2026:36882
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15Fixed RHSA-2026:24539
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16Fixed RHSA-2026:25273
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1Fixed RHSA-2026:27126
Not affected: 11 products
  • Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9
  • Multicluster Global Hub
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 2
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48431
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ppv5-592p-g5q4
  3. 2026-10-31 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 · Red Hat

References

Patch 1

  • 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
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