CVE-2026-96990: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift
CVE-2026-96990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Thrift's Erlang bindings that involves allocation of resources without limits or throttling. This flaw affects versions before 0.25.0 and could lead to resource exhaustion. The issue is fixed in Apache Thrift version 0.25.0.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-770) in Apache Thrift's Erlang bindings allows allocation of resources without any limits or throttling, potentially enabling an attacker to exhaust system resources. The affected versions are all releases before 0.25.0. The Apache Software Foundation has addressed this issue in version 0.25.0.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to resource exhaustion, impacting the availability of services using Apache Thrift Erlang bindings. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Thrift to version 0.25.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. No additional mitigations are specified.
CVE-2026-96990: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift
Description
CVE-2026-96990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Thrift's Erlang bindings that involves allocation of resources without limits or throttling. This flaw affects versions before 0.25.0 and could lead to resource exhaustion. The issue is fixed in Apache Thrift version 0.25.0.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.2high
Affected software
Apache Software Foundation
Apache Thrift
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-770) in Apache Thrift's Erlang bindings allows allocation of resources without any limits or throttling, potentially enabling an attacker to exhaust system resources. The affected versions are all releases before 0.25.0. The Apache Software Foundation has addressed this issue in version 0.25.0.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to resource exhaustion, impacting the availability of services using Apache Thrift Erlang bindings. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Thrift to version 0.25.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apache
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-23T20:45:40.800Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abfc5e0a43b0b3b89c8de1c
Added to database: 10/02/2026, 14:55:28 UTC
Last enriched: 10/02/2026, 14:56:34 UTC
Last updated: 10/03/2026, 04:45:56 UTC
Views: 9
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