High severity · published Apr 28, 2026
CVE-2025-48431
Apache Thrift: Specially crafted input can crash a c_glib Thrift server with invalid pointer error.
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings.
This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.
Description: Specially crafted requests can crash an c_glib-based Thrift server with a clean but fatal "free(): invalid pointer" error message.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Apache Thrift · Apache Software Foundation
before 0.23.0 · source: vendor
TH
Thrift · Apache
before 0.23.0 · source: NVD
C4
Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AI Inference Server · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48431
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48431
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwql
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/8
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24539
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25273
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27126
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010
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