CVE-2026-44294 PUBLISHED

protobufjs: Denial of service from crafted field names in generated code

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 13.05.2026 Updated: 13.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor protobufjs
Product protobuf.js
Versions
  • Version < 7.5.6 is affected
  • Version >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE