# CVE-2025-48431: Apache Thrift: Specially crafted input can crash a c\_glib Thrift server with invalid pointer error.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.23.0
- Published: 2026-04-28 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift: fixed in 0.23.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift, upgrade to a fixed version (0.23.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lb4j0zyd5f3g36cos0wql925przpnwql

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