# CVE-2025-30065: Apache Parquet Java: Arbitrary code execution in the parquet-avro module when reading an Avro schema from a Parquet file metadata

- Also known as: GHSA-2C59-37C4-QRX5
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.15.1
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro: through 1.15.0
- org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro (Maven): fixed in 1.15.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro, upgrade to a fixed version (1.15.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/okzqb3kn479gqzxm21gg5vqr35om9gw5
- https://github.com/F5-Labs/parquet-canary-exploit-rce-poc-CVE-2025-30065
- https://github.com/ThreatRadarAI/TRAI-001-Critical-RCE-Vulnerability-in-Apache-Parquet-CVE-2025-30065-Simulation
- https://github.com/bjornhels/CVE-2025-30065
- https://github.com/h3st4k3r/CVE-2025-30065
- https://github.com/micrictor/parquet-avro-rce
- https://github.com/mouadk/parquet-rce-poc-CVE-2025-30065
- https://github.com/ron-imperva/CVE-2025-30065-PoC

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