Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting protobuf package, versions <3.7.2
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- published6 Jul 2025
- disclosed5 Jul 2025
- creditAlexis Challande
Introduced: 5 Jul 2025
CVE-2025-53605 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade protobuf to version 3.7.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via the CodedInputStream::skip_group function. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption and application unresponsiveness by input containing a deeply nested unknown group.