Apache Thrift Go Library Command Injection

published 2018-02-12 8 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-r4m4-pmvw-m6j5 , EUVD-2022-5087

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.9%; EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

go github.com/apache/thrift 0.10.0

thrift Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.11.0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5397

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5397 updated 2026-11-04 cvss 7.8

thrift: Improper file path sanitization in t_go_generator.cc:format_go_output() of the go client library can allow an attacker to inject commands

Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 libthrift
affected: no fix available
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight
affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat Fuse 7
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2669
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4.8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3140
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 thrift Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 karaf karaf Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 thrift Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 libthrift Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 fb303, thrift, thrift-qt, fb303-java, perl-thrift, thrift-glib, +4 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
go	github.com/apache/thrift	<0.10.0	0.10.0

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Thrift

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:2669
vendor-advisory, web
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:3140
vendor-advisory, web
issues.apache.org /jira/browse/THRIFT-3893
web, vendor-advisory
mail-archives.apache.org /mod_mbox/thrift-user/201701.mbox/raw/%3CCANyrgvc3W%3DMJ9S-hMZecPNzxkyfgNmuSgVfW2hdDSz5ke%2BOPhQ%40mail.gmail.
mailing-list, web, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/103025
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/r4d3f1d3e333d9c2b2f6e6ae8ed8750d4de03410ac294bcd12c7eefa3%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5397
advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/r4d3f1d3e333d9c2b2f6e6ae8ed8750d4de03410ac294bcd12c7eefa3@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
web
web.archive.org /web/20210124141102/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103025
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-5397
GitHub Advisory GHSA-r4m4-pmvw-m6j5
NVD CVE-2016-5397

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Summary