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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-5397

The Apache Thrift Go client library exposed the potential during code generation for command injection due to using an external formatting tool. Affected Apache Thrift 0.9.3 and older, Fixed in Apache Thrift 0.10.0.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:38 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-5397

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Feb 2018, 17:29 UTC

The Apache Thrift Go client library exposed the potential during code generation for command injection due to using an external formatting tool. Affected Apache Thrift 0.9.3 and older, Fixed in Apache Thrift 0.10.0.

osv:CVE-2016-5397
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5397",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5397",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5397.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.324322117Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d3f1d3e333d9c2b2f6e6ae8ed8750d4de03410ac294bcd12c7eefa3%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3140",
        "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3893"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435351,
  "published_at": "2018-02-12T17:29:00.213+00:00"
}