What is CVE-2025-59789?

CVE-2025-59789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Brpc, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-59789?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Brpc

CVE-2025-59789

Uncontrolled recursion in the json2pb component in Apache bRPC (version < 1.15.0) on all platforms allows remote attackers to make the server crash via sending deep recursive json data. Root Cause: The bRPC json2pb component uses rapidjso…

EPSS: 0.015 (70.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Brpc
Apache Software Foundation Brpc — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-59789?: CVE-2025-59789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Brpc, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-59789?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.