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Fencer Vulns
high 8.2

CVE-2026-90440 json

Apache Thrift: An exception escaping a libevent callback stops the D library's non-blocking server, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to deny service

published 2026-10-02 38 d ago modified 2026-10-09 31 d ago also BIT-thrift-2026-90440 , EUVD-2026-91400

cvss
8.2
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 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Uncaught exception, improper handling of exceptional conditions, improper resource shutdown vulnerability in Apache Thrift D thrift.server.nonblocking.TNonblockingServer.

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

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-2026-90440 updated cvss 7.5

thrift: thrift: Denial of Service via improper exception handling in TNonblockingServer

  • 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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
38 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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
  • CWE-248 Uncaught Exception
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

Sources

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