CVE-2026-83663: Apache Thrift uncontrolled recursion in Go transports

CVE-2026-83663 · Severity: info · Published 2026-10-02

Apache Thrift is a framework for building distributed services. A flaw in the Go language bindings allows a remote attacker to send specially crafted network frames that trigger unlimited recursion, crashing the entire application process without the ability to recover, causing a denial of service.

Technologies: Apache Thrift. Vendors: Apache.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-83663 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-83663 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-83663?
Informational severity, published 2 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Apache Thrift before 0.25.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-83663?
Yes: fixed in 0.25.0. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-83663 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-83663?
Check whether you run Apache Thrift at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 0.25.0

Technical details

The Go TFramedTransport and THeaderTransport implementations recursively call the Read method when a frame yields no payload bytes, with no limit on recursion depth. An attacker can send a peer a 4-byte frame with declared size zero (TFramedTransport) or an 18-byte header block that fills the frame (THeaderTransport) to trigger stack exhaustion, resulting in a fatal error that recover() cannot catch. This is a network-accessible denial of service affecting all applications using the vulnerable Go transports.

Affected products

  • Apache Thrift before 0.25.0

Timeline

  • 2026-10-02: disclosed

References

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