Apache Thrift: Specially crafted input can crash a c_glib Thrift server with invalid pointer error.

Summary

CVECVE-2025-48431
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapache
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-28 10:16:02 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 13:16:40 UTC
DescriptionMismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue. Description: Specially crafted requests can crash an c_glib-based Thrift server with a clean but fatal "free(): invalid pointer" error message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.010790000 probability, percentile 0.611460000 (date 2026-07-12)

Problem Types: CWE-762 | CWE-763 | CWE-762 CWE-762 Mismatched Memory Management Routines | CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPCVSS7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.10b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46cSecondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Thrift All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift affected 0.23.0 semver Not specified
ADP Red Hat Cryostat 4 On RHEL 9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.14 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.15 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2.16 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Distributed Tracing 3.10.1 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management For Kubernetes 2 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Distributed Tracing 3 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI RHOAI Not specified Not specified
ADP Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48431 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27126 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-48431.json 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c security.access.redhat.com
lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwql [email protected] lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25273 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24539 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c access.redhat.com
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Hasnain Lakhani (en)

CNA: Hasnain Lakhani (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2026-04-28T10:01:26.612ZReported to Red Hat.
ADP2026-04-28T09:11:44.283ZMade public.

Solutions

ADP: RHSA-2026:28010: Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9

ADP: RHSA-2026:36882: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14

ADP: RHSA-2026:24539: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15

ADP: RHSA-2026:25273: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16

ADP: RHSA-2026:27126: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1

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