CVE-2026-41608

highCVSS 7.5covered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-07-27

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Apache Thrift Python bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue.

CSIRTS triage

What: Unbounded Zlib decompression in Python THeaderTransport allows memory exhaustion attack.
Who is affected: Python applications using Apache Thrift THeaderTransport.
Urgency: High priority; CVSS 7.5 and denial of service impact.
Action: Apply Apache Thrift patch or upgrade to patched Python version.

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Exploitation outlook

Moderate exploitation risk1.1% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 62% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (2)

highCVE-2026-41608: Apache Thrift: Unbounded Zlib Decompression in Python THeaderTransportmsrc · 2026-08-06
highCVE-2026-41608: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Apache Thrif…nvd · 2026-07-27

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