What is CVE-2025-60021?

CVE-2025-60021 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Brpc, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-60021?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-60021 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Apache Brpc

CVE-2025-60021

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…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.262 (97.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Brpc
Apache Software Foundation Brpc — versions 1.11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Mefhika120/Ashwesker-CVE-2025-60021

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-60021?: CVE-2025-60021 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Brpc, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-60021?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-60021 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.