Medium5.3Apache Software Foundation

Medium [CVE-2026-43868 +1] Apache Thrift: Rust implementation vulnerable to CVE-2020-13949 pattern

This medium-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-43868 and CVE-2020-13949 affecting Apache Thrift.

CVE-2026-43868 Published May 5, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 22, 2026

CVE-2026-43868 CVE-2020-13949

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Summary

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.

Affected versions

Apache Thrift before 0.23.0

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Fixed versions

0.23.0

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Sources

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