CVEs / CVE-2025-60021
CVE-2025-60021: Apache Software Foundation Apache bRPC vulnerability
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (from the CNA)
- EPSS 55.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
Remote command injection vulnerability in heap profiler builtin service in Apache bRPC ((all versions < 1.15.0)) on all platforms allows attacker to inject remote command. Root Cause: The bRPC heap profiler built-in service (/pprof/heap) does not validate the user-provided extra_options parameter and executes it as a command-line argument. Attackers can execute remote commands using the extra_options parameter.. Affected scenarios: Use the built-in bRPC heap profiler service to perform jemalloc memory profiling. How to Fix: we provide two methods, you can choose one of them: 1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.15.0. 2. Apply this patch ( https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3101 ) manually.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache bRPC | from 1.11.0, before 1.15.0 | 1.15.0 |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 13 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by the CNA (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0) |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
References
- CVE-2025-60021 on NVD
- CVE-2025-60021 on OSV
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/xy51d2fx6drzhfp92xptsx5845q7b37m Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/16/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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