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GHSA-8CJ2-994R-9FPQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-27 12:31 – Updated: 2026-07-27 21:31

Details

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Thrift Node.js bindings.

This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

8.7 (High)


                  
                    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

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CVE-2026-55968 (GCVE-0-2026-55968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-27 11:06 – Updated: 2026-07-27 13:05

Title

Apache Thrift: Node.js quadratic-time DoS in server receive transports

Summary

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Thrift Node.js bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

apache

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/7v3jhgwfbmhx42424…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gxhhfyr6flr5vzr4q…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/0…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Thrift	Affected: 0 , < 0.24.0 (semver)

Credits

Song Jihoon

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