CVE-2026-85494 PUBLISHED

Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift: Framed transport and binary protocol size read buffers from a peer-declared length without a limit (multi-language)

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 03.09.2026 Published: 02.10.2026 Updated: 02.10.2026

Improper handling of length parameter inconsistency, Uncaught exception, Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity, Memory allocation with excessive size value, Initialization of a resource with an insecure default vulnerability in Apache Thrift Python, Ruby, Erlang, Lua, Dart, JavaME, Perl, PHP and D language bindings.

This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.25.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.25.0, which fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)
Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Thrift
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.25.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Ho1aAs <xxy010605@gmail.com> for py, rb, erl, lua, dart, javame, d bindings finder
  • Perl/PHP bindings were found by the Apache Thrift project's own cross-language sweep finder
  • The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Thrift. finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-130 Improper handling of length parameter inconsistency CWE
  • CWE-248 Uncaught exception CWE
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity CWE
  • CWE-789 Memory allocation with excessive size value CWE
  • CWE-1188 Initialization of a resource with an insecure default CWE