Protection Mechanism Failure in Apache Parquet Java - CVE-2025-46762
Published: May 2, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108164
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-46762
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Parquet Java
Apache Parquet Java
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing Avro schema from a Parquet file metadata. A remote attacker can trick the victim into installing a malicious package and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Note, the default setting of trusted packages still allows malicious classes from these packages to be executed.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-46762
Install updates from vendor's website.