Apache Thrift: TSSLTransportFactory.java hostname verification
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 13 fixed, 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch vulnerability in Apache Thrift. 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 |
| — | org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven) | before 0.23.0 | 0.23.0 | Patch available | GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj |
- Apache Thrift VendorApache Affected before 0.23.0 Fixed in 0.23.0 Patch available CNA
- org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.23.0 Fixed in 0.23.0 Patch available GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Thrift (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 0.23.0
- Fix · GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj org.apache.thrift:libthrift (Maven) Fixed in 0.23.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 13 advisories
- RHSA-2026:42644 Released 2026-07-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHOAI 2.25.9 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-kserve-storage-initializer-rhel9 +36
- RHSA-2026:36882 Released 2026-07-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed 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-2026:30651 Released 2026-06-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes v2.13.9 security update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-multicluster-observability-addon-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhacm2/acm-prometheus-config-reloader-rhel9 +18
Show 10 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:28010 Released 2026-06-22 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed 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 ImportantRed Hat OpenShift distributed tracing platform (Tempo) 3.10.0 release
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 registry.redhat.io/rhosdt/tempo-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:26586 Released 2026-06-17 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 security update
- Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.2.SP1 io.netty.netty-codec-haproxy-4.1.135.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.netty.netty-codec-http2-4.1.135.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.netty.netty-handler-4.1.135.Final-redhat-00001.jar +3
- RHSA-2026:25273 Released 2026-06-11 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed 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 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-2026:24503 Released 2026-06-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Global Hub 1.7.1 security update
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.4 registry.redhat.io/multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-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
- 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.
- Release ·
Apache Thrift 0.23.0
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-31934 Apache Thrift: Node.js web_server.js multi-vulnerabilityPriority LOW 38
- TI-2026-31932 Apache Thrift: Rust implementation vulnerable to CVE-2020-13949 patternPriority LOW 31
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Multicluster Global Hub | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:28010 |
| 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 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24503 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:30651 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:36882 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:24539 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:25273 |
| Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.2.SP1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:26586 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:42644 |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:27126 |
Not affected: 20 products
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.6
- Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.3
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
- 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 Build of Apache Camel 3.33.2.SP1
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43869
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.2.SP1 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-31 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:42644 · Red Hat
References
Advisory 3
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-2026-43869 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-43869 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-43869 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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