{"id":"CVE-2026-87849","aliases":["EUVD-2026-107229","GHSA-xg38-r433-2m2c"],"status":"published","title":"Apache bRPC: Out-of-bounds read via non-object fields in Discovery naming-service reply parsing","description":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON object-only accessors (FindMember) on JSON values without first validating that those values are objects. A malformed Discovery response whose data/service members or instances list contain non-object entries (e.g. a bare integer) triggers the RapidJSON object-access precondition on the client, reading memory out of bounds and potentially crashing the bRPC client.\n\nRoot Cause:\nIn src/brpc/policy/discovery_naming_service.cpp, DiscoveryNamingService::GetServers() and DiscoveryNames::ListDiscoveryNodes() access JSON values with member functions on non-object values. RapidJSON only defines these operations for object types; invoking them on a non-object violates the class invariant and results in undefined behavior (out-of-bounds read), commonly crashing the process.\n\nAffected Scenarios: \nAn operator-configured (or compromised) Discovery backend returns a malformed /discovery/nodes or /discovery/fetchs response whose data/service/instance entries are not JSON objects, crashing any bRPC client that refreshes its server list.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0 or later, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533\n\nThe fix validates that the Discovery response data, per-service data, and instance entries are JSON objects (and skips non-object node/instance entries and rejects non-object data/service values) before calling member accessors.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00352,"percentile":0.29218,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"published":"2026-10-21T12:18:29Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:48Z","products":[{"vendor":"apache software foundation","product":"apache brpc"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533","tags":["fix"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/2pf15ojj0vr7rtx95677kgtl1mx3gdgb","tags":["vendor-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87849","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg38-r433-2m2c"},{"url":"https://github.com","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/87xxx/CVE-2026-87849.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-87849","title":"Apache bRPC: Out-of-bounds read via non-object fields in Discovery naming-service reply parsing","description":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON object-only accessors (FindMember) on JSON values without first validating that those values are objects. A malformed Discovery response whose data/service members or instances list contain non-object entries (e.g. a bare integer) triggers the RapidJSON object-access precondition on the client, reading memory out of bounds and potentially crashing the bRPC client.\n\nRoot Cause:\nIn src/brpc/policy/discovery_naming_service.cpp, DiscoveryNamingService::GetServers() and DiscoveryNames::ListDiscoveryNodes() access JSON values with member functions on non-object values. RapidJSON only defines these operations for object types; invoking them on a non-object violates the class invariant and results in undefined behavior (out-of-bounds read), commonly crashing the process.\n\nAffected Scenarios: \nAn operator-configured (or compromised) Discovery backend returns a malformed /discovery/nodes or /discovery/fetchs response whose data/service/instance entries are not JSON objects, crashing any bRPC client that refreshes its server list.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0 or later, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533\n\nThe fix validates that the Discovery response data, per-service data, and instance entries are JSON objects (and skips non-object node/instance entries and rejects non-object data/service values) before calling member accessors.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-21T12:18:29.706Z","modified":"2026-10-26T13:54:40.137Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:37:47.463822Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-107229","description":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON object-only accessors (FindMember) on JSON values without first validating that those values are objects. A malformed Discovery response whose data/service members or instances list contain non-object entries (e.g. a bare integer) triggers the RapidJSON object-access precondition on the client, reading memory out of bounds and potentially crashing the bRPC client.\n\nRoot Cause:\nIn src/brpc/policy/discovery_naming_service.cpp, DiscoveryNamingService::GetServers() and DiscoveryNames::ListDiscoveryNodes() access JSON values with member functions on non-object values. RapidJSON only defines these operations for object types; invoking them on a non-object violates the class invariant and results in undefined behavior (out-of-bounds read), commonly crashing the process.\n\nAffected Scenarios: \nAn operator-configured (or compromised) Discovery backend returns a malformed /discovery/nodes or /discovery/fetchs response whose data/service/instance entries are not JSON objects, crashing any bRPC client that refreshes its server list.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0 or later, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533\n\nThe fix validates that the Discovery response data, per-service data, and instance entries are JSON objects (and skips non-object node/instance entries and rejects non-object data/service values) before calling member accessors.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-21T12:18:29Z","modified":"2026-10-26T13:54:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:59:29.915597Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-xg38-r433-2m2c","title":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON...","description":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON object-only accessors (FindMember) on JSON values without first validating that those values are objects. A malformed Discovery response whose data/service members or instances list contain non-object entries (e.g. a bare integer) triggers the RapidJSON object-access precondition on the client, reading memory out of bounds and potentially crashing the bRPC client.\n\nRoot Cause:\nIn src/brpc/policy/discovery_naming_service.cpp, DiscoveryNamingService::GetServers() and DiscoveryNames::ListDiscoveryNodes() access JSON values with member functions on non-object values. RapidJSON only defines these operations for object types; invoking them on a non-object violates the class invariant and results in undefined behavior (out-of-bounds read), commonly crashing the process.\n\nAffected Scenarios: \nAn operator-configured (or compromised) Discovery backend returns a malformed /discovery/nodes or /discovery/fetchs response whose data/service/instance entries are not JSON objects, crashing any bRPC client that refreshes its server list.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0 or later, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533\n\nThe fix validates that the Discovery response data, per-service data, and instance entries are JSON objects (and skips non-object node/instance entries and rejects non-object data/service values) before calling member accessors.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-21T15:42:30Z","modified":"2026-10-26T15:34:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:14:23.996006Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-87849","description":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON object-only accessors (FindMember) on JSON values without first validating that those values are objects. A malformed Discovery response whose data/service members or instances list contain non-object entries (e.g. a bare integer) triggers the RapidJSON object-access precondition on the client, reading memory out of bounds and potentially crashing the bRPC client.\n\nRoot Cause:\nIn src/brpc/policy/discovery_naming_service.cpp, DiscoveryNamingService::GetServers() and DiscoveryNames::ListDiscoveryNodes() access JSON values with member functions on non-object values. RapidJSON only defines these operations for object types; invoking them on a non-object violates the class invariant and results in undefined behavior (out-of-bounds read), commonly crashing the process.\n\nAffected Scenarios: \nAn operator-configured (or compromised) Discovery backend returns a malformed /discovery/nodes or /discovery/fetchs response whose data/service/instance entries are not JSON objects, crashing any bRPC client that refreshes its server list.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0 or later, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533\n\nThe fix validates that the Discovery response data, per-service data, and instance entries are JSON objects (and skips non-object node/instance entries and rejects non-object data/service values) before calling member accessors.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-21T13:20:04.603Z","modified":"2026-10-26T20:10:00.16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:13:02.371082Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-87849","title":"Apache bRPC: Out-of-bounds read via non-object fields in Discovery naming-service reply parsing","description":"The Discovery naming-service reply parser in Apache bRPC (versions \u003c 1.18.0) calls RapidJSON object-only accessors (FindMember) on JSON values without first validating that those values are objects. A malformed Discovery response whose data/service members or instances list contain non-object entries (e.g. a bare integer) triggers the RapidJSON object-access precondition on the client, reading memory out of bounds and potentially crashing the bRPC client.\n\nRoot Cause:\nIn src/brpc/policy/discovery_naming_service.cpp, DiscoveryNamingService::GetServers() and DiscoveryNames::ListDiscoveryNodes() access JSON values with member functions on non-object values. RapidJSON only defines these operations for object types; invoking them on a non-object violates the class invariant and results in undefined behavior (out-of-bounds read), commonly crashing the process.\n\nAffected Scenarios: \nAn operator-configured (or compromised) Discovery backend returns a malformed /discovery/nodes or /discovery/fetchs response whose data/service/instance entries are not JSON objects, crashing any bRPC client that refreshes its server list.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0 or later, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3533\n\nThe fix validates that the Discovery response data, per-service data, and instance entries are JSON objects (and skips non-object node/instance entries and rejects non-object data/service values) before calling member accessors.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-21T12:18:29.706Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:48.876832409Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-125"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:19.210277Z"}]}}