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    CVE-2026-0994 (GCVE-0-2026-0994)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-23 14:55 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:07
    VLAI
    Title
    Denial of Service in Python Protobuf
    Summary
    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.
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
    https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/25239
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0994 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432398 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
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    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3958 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3218 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3094 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3097 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3220 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3059 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3219 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3095 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8748 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8746 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8747 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Python Protobuf Affected: <=v33.4 (custom)
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    CVE-2026-0994 (GCVE-0-2026-0994)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 14:55 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:07
    VLAI
    Title
    Denial of Service in Python Protobuf
    Summary
    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.
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
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    References
    URL Tags
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    Python Protobuf Affected: <=v33.4 (custom)
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