GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj is a high-severity (CVSS 7.3) CWE-297 vulnerability in org.apache.thrift:libthrift. A fix is available for org.apache.thrift:libthrift — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Apache Thrift has an Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch Vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.apache.thrift:libthriftReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch 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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.apache.thrift:libthrift | all versions | 0.23.0org.apache.thrift:libthrift:0.23.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.thrift:libthrift, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.apache.thrift:libthrift to 0.23.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | cryostat/cryostat-storage-rhel9:4.2.0-16 | RHSA-2026:28010 |
| Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33 for Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1 | libthrift | RHSA-2026:26586 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.3.4 | multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9:1779212259 | RHSA-2026:22423 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.5 | multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9:1779579439 | RHSA-2026:22347 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.5 | multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9:1780167118 | RHSA-2026:23345 |
| Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.0 | multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9:1779925273 | RHSA-2026:24503 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 | rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9:1782383730 | RHSA-2026:30651 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 | rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9:1782693386 | RHSA-2026:36882 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-7pwc-h2j2-rjgj across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.