CVE-2025-59789

HIGH

Apache bRPC < 1.15.0 - Denial of Service via Deep Recursive JSON Data in json2pb Component

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 rapidjson to parse json data from the network. The rapidjson parser uses a recursive parsing method by default. If the input json has a large depth of recursive structure, the parser function may run into stack overflow. Affected Scenarios: Use bRPC server with protobuf message to serve http+json requests from untrusted network. Or directly use JsonToProtoMessage to convert json from untrusted input. How to Fix: (Choose one of the following options)  1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.15.0, which fixes this issue. 2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3099 Note: No matter which option you choose, you should know that the fix introduces a recursion depth limit with default value 100. It affects these functions:  ProtoMessageToJson, ProtoMessageToProtoJson, JsonToProtoMessage, and ProtoJsonToProtoMessage. If your requests contain json or protobuf messages that have a depth exceeding the limit, the request will be failed after applying the fix. You can modify the gflag json2pb_max_recursion_depth to change the limit.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/ozmcsztcpxn61jxod8jo8q46jo0oc1zx
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/01/1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0145
EPSS Percentile 69.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (1)
apache/brpc < 1.15.0
Published Dec 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026