CVE-2026-43868: CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache Thrift. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-789) in Apache Thrift allows memory allocation requests with excessively large size values, which may cause the application to allocate more memory than intended. This issue affects versions before 0.23.0. The vendor recommends upgrading to version 0.23.0 to remediate the issue. No CVSS score is provided, and no detailed technical exploitation information is available.
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to memory exhaustion or denial of service conditions due to excessive memory allocation. However, no known exploits have been reported in the wild, and the exact impact depends on the context of use within affected applications.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Thrift to version 0.23.0 or later, as this version contains the fix for the vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed beyond the recommendation to upgrade; therefore, check the vendor advisory for the latest remediation guidance.
CVE-2026-43868: CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift
Description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache Thrift. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-789) in Apache Thrift allows memory allocation requests with excessively large size values, which may cause the application to allocate more memory than intended. This issue affects versions before 0.23.0. The vendor recommends upgrading to version 0.23.0 to remediate the issue. No CVSS score is provided, and no detailed technical exploitation information is available.
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to memory exhaustion or denial of service conditions due to excessive memory allocation. However, no known exploits have been reported in the wild, and the exact impact depends on the context of use within affected applications.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Thrift to version 0.23.0 or later, as this version contains the fix for the vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed beyond the recommendation to upgrade; therefore, check the vendor advisory for the latest remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apache
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-04T14:10:22.281Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69f9ac07cbff5d8610dd1b36
Added to database: 5/5/2026, 8:36:23 AM
Last enriched: 5/5/2026, 8:51:35 AM
Last updated: 6/19/2026, 1:39:06 AM
Views: 102
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