Apache Thrift: Unbounded Read Leading to Denial of Service
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 · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Thrift Java bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: from 0.19.0 before 0.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, 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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Thrift (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 0.24.0
Red Hat 4 advisories
- RHSA-2026:68333 Released 2026-09-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Cryostat security update
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 cryostat/cryostat-agent-init-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-grafana-dashboard-rhel9, cryostat/cryostat-openshift-console-plugin-rhel9 +5
- RHSA-2026:65126 Released 2026-09-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHOAI 2.25.11 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:54776 Released 2026-08-13 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 update is now available (RHBQ 3.33.3.GA)
- Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:49837 Released 2026-08-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images perl-thrift-0.24.0-0.1.hum1@noarch@public-hummingbird-aarch64-rpms, perl-thrift-0.24.0-0.1.hum1@noarch@public-hummingbird-x86_64-rpms, python3-thrift-0.24.0-0.1.hum1@aarch64 +10
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/7v3jhgwfbmhx42424phydlnzb109g8b9
15 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 10 MEDIUM, 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-40373 Apache Thrift: C++ ZLIB heap buffer overflow (write) in THeaderTransport::untransform()Priority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-42227 Apache Thrift: C++ THeaderTransport::readString() info-header length bounds bypassPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2026-42014 Apache Thrift: Rust binary protocol non-strict path missing string size limitPriority MEDIUM 46
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68333 |
| Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:54776 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:49837 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:65126 |
Not affected: 10 products
- Confidential Compute Attestation
- Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
- Red Hat OpenShift Update Service
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45112
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g9fj-fh28-776p
- 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · 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-2026-45112 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45112 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g9fj-fh28-776p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-45112 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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