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Fencer Vulns
high 8.7

CVE-2026-66858 json

Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift, Apache Thrift: skip() does not apply the recursion limit (Python accelerator, PHP, Perl, Lua, Smalltalk, OCaml)

published 2026-10-02 38 d ago modified 2026-10-09 31 d ago also BIT-thrift-2026-66858 , EUVD-2026-91585

cvss
8.7
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The protocol skip routine in several Apache Thrift bindings did not apply the binding's recursion limit, so a message that nests unknown fields deeply enough can exhaust the stack. Affected: the Python C++ accelerator (the pure-Python protocols are not affected), the PHP library and its thrift_protocol extension, and the Perl, Lua, Smalltalk and OCaml libraries.

This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.25.0.

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

Patch / fix

  • bitnami thrift 0.25.0
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift 0.25.0
  • thrift hummingbird 1 0.25.0-0.1.hum1
  • thrift-qt hummingbird 1 0.25.0-0.1.hum1
  • perl-thrift hummingbird 1 0.25.0-0.1.hum1
  • thrift-glib hummingbird 1 0.25.0-0.1.hum1
  • python3-thrift hummingbird 1 0.25.0-0.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:74369

  • thrift Azure Linux 3.0 0.25.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-105950

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-66858 updated cvss 7.5

thrift: Apache Thrift: Denial of Service via deeply nested unknown fields

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 thrift Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 thrift, thrift-qt, perl-thrift, thrift-glib, python3-thrift Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 thrift
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 thrift
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Hardened Images thrift 0.25.0-0.1.hum1, thrift-qt 0.25.0-0.1.hum1, perl-thrift 0.25.0-0.1.hum1, thrift-glib 0.25.0-0.1.hum1, python3-thrift 0.25.0-0.1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:74369

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
37 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 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
CNA 4.0 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami thrift
<0.25.0
0.25.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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