Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting protobufjs package, versions <7.5.8>=8.0.0 <8.2.0
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- published14 May 2026
- disclosed13 May 2026
- creditFranciny Rojas
Introduced: 13 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-45740 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade protobufjs to version 7.5.8, 8.2.0 or higher.
Overview
protobufjs is a protocol buffer for JavaScript (& TypeScript).
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion through the Root.fromJSON or Namespace.addJSON functions. An attacker can cause resource exhaustion and disrupt service availability by submitting a crafted JSON descriptor with deeply nested namespace definitions.
Note:
This is only exploitable if all of the following conditions are met:
The application must load JSON descriptor data influenced by an attacker.
The crafted descriptor must contain deeply nested nested namespace objects.
The affected
Root.fromJSON()/Namespace.addJSON()descriptor expansion path must process the crafted input.