Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in Apache Thrift - CVE-2026-55968

Vulnerability identifier: #VU145192

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-55968

CWE-ID: CWE-407

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to inefficient algorithmic complexity and allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Node.js server receive transports when processing input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to cause a denial of service.

Apache Thrift
Anolis OS
python3-thrift
thrift
thrift-devel
thrift-glib
thrift-qt
perl-thrift

Install security update from vendor's website.

Apache Thrift - update to 0.24.0
python3-thrift - update to 0.24.0-1
thrift - update to 0.24.0-1
thrift-devel - update to 0.24.0-1
thrift-glib - update to 0.24.0-1
thrift-qt - update to 0.24.0-1
perl-thrift - update to 0.24.0-1

• https://lists.apache.org/api/email.lua?id=oyj3r0rplld63w6hgx1fz2f6df7bk984
• https://thrift.apache.org/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Thrift
• Anolis OS update for thrift