CVE-2025-60021: Apache bRPC: Remote command injection vulnerability in heap builtin service

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

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 products

Apache Software Foundation Apache bRPC: from 1.11.0 before 1.15.0 — fixed in 1.15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache bRPC 1.15.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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