7.5highHigh
CVE-2026-0994
Google Protobuf
A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability exists in google.protobuf.json_format.ParseDict() in Python, where the max_recursion_depth limit can be bypassed when parsing nested google.protobuf.Any messages. Due to missing recursion depth accounting inside the internal Any-handling logic, an attacker can supply deeply nested Any structures that bypass the intended recursion limit, eventually exhausting Python’s recursion stack and causing a RecursionError.
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- CVSS v4
- 8.2
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Assigned by
- cve-coordination@google.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-09-01
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Google Protobuf- 33.4
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/25239
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3094
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3095
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3097
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3219
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3220
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3958
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61627
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61629