CVE-2026-96292: CWE-1333 Inefficient regular expression complexity in Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift
Inefficient regular expression complexity, Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in Apache Thrift Lua bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.25.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.25.0, which fixes the issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-96292 describes an inefficient regular expression complexity and inefficient algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the Apache Thrift Lua bindings. This flaw affects all versions before 0.25.0. The issue can cause excessive resource consumption, potentially leading to denial of service conditions. The vendor has addressed this vulnerability in version 0.25.0.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can result in high resource consumption due to inefficient regular expression processing and algorithmic complexity, which may cause denial of service or degraded performance in affected systems running Apache Thrift Lua bindings before version 0.25.0.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade to Apache Thrift version 0.25.0, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided or necessary as the issue is resolved in this official fix.
CVE-2026-96292: CWE-1333 Inefficient regular expression complexity in Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift
Description
Inefficient regular expression complexity, Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in Apache Thrift Lua bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.25.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.25.0, which fixes the issue.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.2high
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-96292 describes an inefficient regular expression complexity and inefficient algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the Apache Thrift Lua bindings. This flaw affects all versions before 0.25.0. The issue can cause excessive resource consumption, potentially leading to denial of service conditions. The vendor has addressed this vulnerability in version 0.25.0.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can result in high resource consumption due to inefficient regular expression processing and algorithmic complexity, which may cause denial of service or degraded performance in affected systems running Apache Thrift Lua bindings before version 0.25.0.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade to Apache Thrift version 0.25.0, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided or necessary as the issue is resolved in this official fix.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-c9g6-hvjw-wvmp
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-96292"]
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abfee86a43b0b3b89e54bb1
Added to database: 10/02/2026, 17:48:54 UTC
Last enriched: 10/02/2026, 17:56:19 UTC
Last updated: 10/03/2026, 02:45:57 UTC
Views: 2
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