Uncontrolled Recursion Vulnerability in Apache Thrift Go Bindings
CVE-2026-83663

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Thrift
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-83663?

An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability exists in the Go bindings of Apache Thrift that can result in a process termination. This issue arises when a buffered frame with zero payload is encountered. The Read function is recursively called without appropriate bounding conditions, leading to a stack overflow and fatal error. This vulnerability affects all versions of Apache Thrift prior to 0.25.0, and users are strongly advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate potential risks.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Thrift 0 < 0.25.0

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/33otcgbqd27wf6qq810q56znz...
vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/yjz317wq7h86q9k8ws6ton0oj...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ho1aAs <xxy010605@gmail.com> for TFramedTransport
Apache Thrift Developers for THeaderTransport
.