CVE-2026-48712

protobufjs: Denial of service through unbounded Any expansion during JSON conversion

Published Jun 22, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.6.1 and 8.4.1, protobufjs could recurse without a depth limit while converting decoded messages to plain objects or JSON. This affected generated toObject() conversion and the custom google.protobuf.Any JSON conversion path. A crafted protobuf binary payload containing deeply nested Any values could cause the JavaScript call stack to be exhausted during conversion to JSON. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.6.1 and 8.4.1.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wcpc-wj8m-hjx6 protobufjs: Denial of service through unbounded Any expansion during JSON conversion
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Protobuf
Protobuf protobuf
Vendors & Products Protobuf
Protobuf protobuf
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.6.1 and 8.4.1, protobufjs could recurse without a depth limit while converting decoded messages to plain objects or JSON. This affected generated toObject() conversion and the custom google.protobuf.Any JSON conversion path. A crafted protobuf binary payload containing deeply nested Any values could cause the JavaScript call stack to be exhausted during conversion to JSON. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.6.1 and 8.4.1.
Title protobufjs: Denial of service through unbounded Any expansion during JSON conversion
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 23, 2026, 3:54 PM
Reserved
May 22, 2026, 6:47 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 22, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 11:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 22, 2026, 4:21 PM