Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting protobufjs package, versions >=8.2.0 <8.5.0
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- published17 Jun 2026
- disclosed15 Jun 2026
- creditThai Son Dinh
Introduced: 15 Jun 2026
NewCVE-2026-54270 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade protobufjs to version 8.5.0 or higher.
Overview
protobufjs is a protocol buffer for JavaScript (& TypeScript).
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling during binary decoding. An attacker can cause excessive memory usage by supplying crafted protobuf binary data containing numerous unknown fields, leading to increased memory pressure and potential service degradation or termination.