Advisory severityMedium6.5Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-55970] Apache Thrift C++ bindings: Information disclosure due to buffer over-read vulnerability

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-55970 affecting Confidential Compute Attestation, Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3.

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CVE-2026-55970 Source published Jul 27, 2026Source updated Jul 27, 2026

VulniPulse record published Jul 29, 2026Record updated Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-55970

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

Buffer Over-read vulnerability in Apache Thrift C++ bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue. This buffer over-read vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read beyond the intended memory boundaries.

This could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to become unavailable. Red Hat products utilizing affected versions of Apache Thrift, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, OpenShift Container Platform, and Red Hat OpenShift AI, may be susceptible if processing untrusted data with Thrift client applications.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L). Weakness: CWE-125.

Affected Red Hat products: Confidential Compute Attestation; Red Hat AI Inference Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3; Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI); Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; Red Hat OpenShift Update Service. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected versions

< 0.24.0

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Fixed versions

0.24.0

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 0.24.0. 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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