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CVE-2016-5397
The Apache Thrift Go client library exposed the potential during code generation for command injection due to using an external formatting…
High8.8EPSS 6.9%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Command Injection
- CWE-77 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Thrift
- affected versions prior to 0.10.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/apache/thriftGHSA-r4m4-pmvw-m6j5 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- 103025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3893 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [user] 20170113 [NOTICE]: Apache Thrift Security Vulnerability CVE-2016-5397 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [cassandra-commits] 20200604 [jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-15856) Security vulnerabilities with dependency jars of Cassandra 3.11.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-r4m4-pmvw-m6j5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .