protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.5.6 and 8.0.2, protobufjs generated JavaScript property accessors from schema-controlled field and oneof names. Certain control characters in field names were not escaped before being embedded into generated function bodies. A crafted schema or JSON descriptor could therefore cause generated encode, decode, verify, or conversion functions to fail during compilation. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2.
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-2pr8-phx7-x9h3 | protobuf.js: Denial of service from crafted field names in generated code |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
History
Wed, 13 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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Protobufjs Project
Protobufjs Project protobufjs |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Protobufjs Project
Protobufjs Project protobufjs |
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 generated JavaScript property accessors from schema-controlled field and oneof names. Certain control characters in field names were not escaped before being embedded into generated function bodies. A crafted schema or JSON descriptor could therefore cause generated encode, decode, verify, or conversion functions to fail during compilation. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2. | |
| Title | protobufjs: Denial of service from crafted field names in generated code | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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| Metrics |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-13T18:34:31.882Z
Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.113Z
Link: CVE-2026-44294
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-13T16:16:56.380
Modified: 2026-05-13T20:55:23.860
Link: CVE-2026-44294
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-13T17:45:25Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA