Apache Thrift: C++ ZLIB heap buffer overflow (write) in THeaderTransport::untransform()

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-thrift-2026-55971",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Apache Thrift: C++ ZLIB heap buffer overflow (write) in THeaderTransport::untransform()",
    "summary": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache Thrift C++ bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.24.0, which fixes the issue.",
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    "severity": "critical",
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      "id": "BIT-thrift-2026-55971",
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        "CVE-2026-55971"
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              "type": "SEMVER",
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/thrift",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
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          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V4",
              "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
            }
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/thrift/BIT-thrift-2026-55971.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:32.946767128Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread/7v3jhgwfbmhx42424phydlnzb109g8b9",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread/xjs36m6kjxpmrmzwck636msg3nvoqnmx",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55971"
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2026-55971",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338508,
  "published_at": "2026-07-28T09:08:22.176+00:00"
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