THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2025-60021
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2025-60021

Brpc vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
26.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Apache
Affected product
Brpc
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2026-01-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 26.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-60021

  • Confirm whether Apache Brpc is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-60021.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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