CVE-2026-66331: Apache Thrift: Buffered transport reads are not accounted against MaxMessageSize

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-02 · updated 2026-10-03
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Thrift Delphi bindings buffered transport. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.25.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.25.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift: before 0.25.0 — fixed in 0.25.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift 0.25.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/33otcgbqd27wf6qq810q56znzbomnhg1
https://lists.apache.org/thread/971572orz86jdwlg58wqv8o50oqqb143

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