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 Github GHSA GHSA-685m-2w69-288q protobuf.js: Denial of service through unbounded protobuf recursion
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Wed, 13 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T18:20:18.892Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.112Z

Link: CVE-2026-44289

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T18:15:12.947Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-13T16:16:55.713

Modified: 2026-05-13T17:01:38.423

Link: CVE-2026-44289

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Updated: 2026-05-13T17:15:26Z

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