Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-96277 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96277 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-96277?
- Informational severity, published 2 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Apache Thrift before 0.25.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96277?
- 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-2026-96277 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-96277?
- 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 Apache Thrift Ruby bindings fail to properly handle exceptional conditions, resulting in uncaught exceptions that can be triggered by network input or malformed data. An attacker with network access to a service using the affected Ruby bindings can exploit this improper exception handling to crash the application. The issue is resolved in version 0.25.0.
Affected products
- Apache Thrift before 0.25.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02: disclosed