CVE-2025-48431

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.

What this means for your business

It affects Apache Thrift. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
FIRST's prediction model gives it a 1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 63% of all known flaws.

What to do

1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Apache Thrift, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS: 7.5 (v3.1)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-762
Assigned by: security@apache.org

Dates

Published: 2026-04-28
Last modified: 2026-09-10
Sources: NVD

Affected products

Apache Thrift- 0.23.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.