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 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
Link Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/ozmcsztcpxn61jxod8jo8q46jo0oc1zx Vendor Advisory Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/01/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:brpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Dec 2025, 14:39

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:brpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Apache
Apache brpc
References () https://lists.apache.org/thread/ozmcsztcpxn61jxod8jo8q46jo0oc1zx - () https://lists.apache.org/thread/ozmcsztcpxn61jxod8jo8q46jo0oc1zx - Vendor Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/01/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/01/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

01 Dec 2025, 15:15

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

01 Dec 2025, 11:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-01 11:15

Updated : 2025-12-02 14:39


NVD link : CVE-2025-59789

Mitre link : CVE-2025-59789

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-59789


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Products Affected

apache

  • brpc
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion