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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| protobufjs | protobuf.js | < 7.5.6; >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.2 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | — |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | — |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Pipelines | — |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Service Mesh 3 | — |
| Red Hat | OpenShift Service Mesh 3 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Developer Hub | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 | — |
References
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/security/advisories/GHSA-685m-2w69-288qMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42815
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44289
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477130
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44289.json
Timeline
- Published
- May 13, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 11, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified