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.
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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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-05-13T14:44:30.474Z
Reserved: 2026-05-05T17:39:31.113Z
Link: CVE-2026-44294
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-13T16:16:56.380
Modified: 2026-05-13T17:01:38.423
Link: CVE-2026-44294
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