Bug 2463410 (CVE-2025-48431)

Summary: CVE-2025-48431 Apache Thrift: c_glib: Apache Thrift c_glib: Denial of Service via specially crafted requests
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A flaw was found in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings. A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests to a c_glib-based Thrift server, leading to a mismatched memory management routines vulnerability. This could cause the server to crash with a "free(): invalid pointer" error, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-28 10:01:49 UTC
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.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-22 17:15:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2026:28010 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010