protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.5.6 and 8.0.2, protobufjs could recurse without a depth limit while decoding nested protobuf data. This affected both skipping unknown group fields and generated decoding of nested message fields. A crafted protobuf binary payload could cause the JavaScript call stack to be exhausted during decoding. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2.
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-685m-2w69-288q | protobuf.js: Denial of service through unbounded protobuf recursion |
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Wed, 13 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000
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| Description | protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.5.6 and 8.0.2, protobufjs could recurse without a depth limit while decoding nested protobuf data. This affected both skipping unknown group fields and generated decoding of nested message fields. A crafted protobuf binary payload could cause the JavaScript call stack to be exhausted during decoding. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2. | |
| Title | protobufjs: Denial of service through unbounded protobuf recursion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-674 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-13T14:39:09.791Z
Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.112Z
Link: CVE-2026-44289
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-13T16:16:55.713
Modified: 2026-05-13T16:16:55.713
Link: CVE-2026-44289
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