Resource Exhaustion Affecting thrift package, versions <0.14.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.78% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-THRIFT-17303858
  • published11 Jun 2026
  • disclosed12 Feb 2021

Introduced: 12 Feb 2021

CVE-2020-13949  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 thrift to version 0.14.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thrift package and not the thrift package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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