Apache Parquet Avro Module Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

Description

Schema parsing in the parquet-avro module of Apache Parquet 1.15.0 and previous versions allows bad actors to execute arbitrary code

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.15.1, which fixes the issue.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
critical
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Published (advisory)
2025-04-01 09:30:20 UTC
Updated
2025-05-07 17:39:42 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-04-01 18:04:17 UTC
NVD published
2025-04-01

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.51% 66.50%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
10.0 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:H)
High confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:H)
High integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:H)
High availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:A)
Attacked: exploitation has been reported, or toolkits exist that simplify exploitation.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro < 1.15.1 1.15.1

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence