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High

Improper Input Validation in Apache Thrift

  • Disclosed: 17.01.2019
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

Apache Thrift Java client library versions 0.5.0 prior to 0.9.3-1 and 0.10.0 prior to 0.12.0 can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete validation in the org.apache.thrift.transport.TSaslTransport class. An assert used to determine if the SASL handshake had successfully completed could be disabled in production settings making the validation incomplete.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.thrift:libthrift >= 0.5.0, < 0.9.3-1, >= 0.10.0, < 0.12.0 0.9.3-1, 0.12.0

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20, CWE-295
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.thrift:libthrift
Disclosed
17.01.2019
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wjxj-f8rg-99wx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.thrift:libthrift

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
6
First → latest
01.2019 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 5
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. Apache Thrift Python, Go, PHP and Java bindings have an Infinite Loop
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-43871 < 0.24.0 0.24.0
  2. Apache Thrift has an Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch Vulnerability
    High · 7.3 CVE-2026-43869 < 0.23.0 0.23.0
  3. Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache Thrift
    High · 7.5 CVE-2019-0205 < 0.13.0 0.13.0
  4. Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Thrift
    High · 7.5 CVE-2020-13949 >= 0.9.3, < 0.14.0 0.14.0
  5. Improper Input Validation in Apache Thrift this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2018-1320 >= 0.5.0, < 0.9.3-1, >= 0.10.0, < 0.12.0 0.9.3-1, 0.12.0
  6. Apache Thrift Node.js static web server sandbox escape
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2018-11798 >= 0.9.2, < 0.12.0 0.12.0

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