CVE-2025-60021
Remote command injection in BRPC heap profiler via unvalidated extra_options.
Is CVE-2025-60021 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-60021 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-60021?
CVE-2025-60021 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-60021?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-60021. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-60021 affect?
CVE-2025-60021 affects Apache BRPC heap profiler (<1.15.0), /pprof/heap service. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-60021?
Upgrade BRPC to 1.15.0 or apply PR 3101 patch
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
RCE on BRPC server via /pprof/heap by unvalidated extra_options; attacker can run arbitrary commands.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 1.11.0 and < 1.15.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.