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CVE-2026-49158 (GCVE-0-2026-49158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-27 11:05 – Updated: 2026-07-27 13:04
VLAI
Title
Apache Thrift: Ruby THeaderTransport ZLIB Decompression Bomb
Summary
Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Apache Thrift Ruby bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-27 13:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift Affected: 0 , < 0.24.0 (semver)
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Credits
LTSHFWJT <1719636402@qq.com>
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