Apache Thrift: Node.js skip() recursion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.
Summary
Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Thrift Node.js bindings This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Thrift | before 0.23.0 | 0.23.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | thrift (npm) | before 0.23.0 | 0.23.0 | Patch available | GHSA-r67j-r569-jrwp |
- Apache Thrift VendorApache Affected before 0.23.0 Fixed in 0.23.0 Patch available CNA
- thrift (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.23.0 Fixed in 0.23.0 Patch available GHSA-r67j-r569-jrwp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Thrift (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 0.23.0
- Fix · GHSA-r67j-r569-jrwp thrift (npm) Fixed in 0.23.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2026:24539 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed 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
- RHSA-2026:23345 Released 2026-06-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.6.2 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-manager-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2026:22423 Released 2026-06-02 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.3.4 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-manager-rhel9 +1
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:22347 Released 2026-06-01 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.4.5 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-manager-rhel9 +1
- RHSA-2026:21769 Released 2026-05-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.5.4 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-agent-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-manager-rhel9 +1
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-2026-30145 Apache Thrift: Swift Range crash in skip()Priority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-30144 Apache Thrift: Go TFramedTransport uint32 overflowPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2025-30732 Apache Thrift: Specially crafted input can crash a c_glib Thrift server with invalid pointer error.Priority MEDIUM 41
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:22423 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:22347 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:21769 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:23345 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24539 |
Not affected: 9 products
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41636
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r67j-r569-jrwp
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8, Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6 · Red Hat
References
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-2026-41636 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41636 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r67j-r569-jrwp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-41636 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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