Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting yara-x package, versions <0.13.0-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-YARAX-14891206
  • published7 Jan 2026
  • disclosed5 Jul 2025

Introduced: 5 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-53605  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard yara-x to version 0.13.0-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yara-x package and not the yara-x package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

The protobuf crate before 3.7.2 for Rust allows uncontrolled recursion in the protobuf::coded_input_stream::CodedInputStream::skip_group parsing of unknown fields in untrusted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1