Uncontrolled recursion in the Redis reply parser in Apache bRPC < 1.18.0 allows a remote Redis server peer to crash a bRPC Redis client process by returning a deeply nested RESP array reply. The parser recursed once for each nested array level without enforcing a depth limit. The fix adds a configurable Redis reply depth limit with default value 128 and rejects replies exceeding that limit. 

Affected Scenarios:
Applications using bRPC as a Redis client with ChannelOptions.protocol="redis" and receiving replies from an untrusted or faulty Redis server peer.

How to Fix:
1. Upgrade Apache bRPC to 1.18.0.
2. Apply the patch from PR https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3344 .

Note:
After applying the fix, Redis replies with array nesting deeper than redis_max_reply_depth are rejected.

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Description Uncontrolled recursion in the Redis reply parser in Apache bRPC < 1.18.0 allows a remote Redis server peer to crash a bRPC Redis client process by returning a deeply nested RESP array reply. The parser recursed once for each nested array level without enforcing a depth limit. The fix adds a configurable Redis reply depth limit with default value 128 and rejects replies exceeding that limit.  Affected Scenarios: Applications using bRPC as a Redis client with ChannelOptions.protocol="redis" and receiving replies from an untrusted or faulty Redis server peer. How to Fix: 1. Upgrade Apache bRPC to 1.18.0. 2. Apply the patch from PR https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3344 . Note: After applying the fix, Redis replies with array nesting deeper than redis_max_reply_depth are rejected.
Title Apache bRPC: Stack Exhaustion via Unbounded Recursion in Redis Reply Parser
Weaknesses CWE-674
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T11:32:19.591Z

Reserved: 2026-06-14T07:05:33.297Z

Link: CVE-2026-54426

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T12:17:21.180

Modified: 2026-10-21T12:17:21.180

Link: CVE-2026-54426

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