Critical severity · published Jan 16, 2026
CVE-2025-60021
Apache bRPC: Remote command injection vulnerability in heap builtin service
9.8
CVSS
25.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)25.5% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AB
Apache bRPC · Apache Software Foundation
1.11.0 before 1.15.0 · source: vendor
BR
Brpc · Apache
1.11.0 before 1.15.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60021
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60021
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/xy51d2fx6drzhfp92xptsx5845q7b37m
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/16/4
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