CVE-2026-43868

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-05. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache Thrift.

This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
52%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 5, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated May 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread/zj76dtwnbbs1m7z3focf4wd51pqpsmn9

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43868(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhoai/odh-modelmesh-rhel9:17834438162026-07-21redhat
redhatlibthrift2026-06-17redhat
rustthrift—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
crates.io(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thrift—0.23.0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thrift0.13.0-6 ... 0.23.0-3 (29 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thrift0.17.0-2 ... 0.24.0-1 (20 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thrift0.19.0-4 ... 0.24.0-1 (10 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
thrift0.19.0-4 ... 0.23.0-2 (8 versions)0.23.0-3—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 172 total refreshes for this CVE.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43868?
CVE-2026-43868 is a medium vulnerability published on May 5, 2026. Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache Thrift. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue.
When was CVE-2026-43868 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43868 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 5, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43868 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43868 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 48.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43868?
CVE-2026-43868 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43868?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43868, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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