Advisory severityHigh7.5Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-41608] Apache Thrift Python bindings: Denial of Service via data amplification

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-41608 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images.

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CVE-2026-41608 Source published Jul 27, 2026Source updated Jul 27, 2026

VulniPulse record published Jul 29, 2026Record updated Aug 13, 2026

CVE-2026-41608

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat LinuxUnclassified

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Summary

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Apache Thrift Python bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue. An attacker could exploit this by providing specially crafted compressed input, which may cause the application to consume excessive resources.

This could potentially result in a denial of service (DoS) for affected systems. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-409. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Hardened Images.

Red Hat lists Confidential Compute Attestation; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; Red Hat OpenShift Update Service as not affected. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2026:49837.

Affected versions

< 0.24.0

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Fixed versions

0.24.0
thrift-main-0.24.0-0.1.hum1
RHSA-2026:49837

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 0.24.0, thrift-main-0.24.0-0.1.hum1, RHSA-2026:49837. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

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