CVE-2026-59877 (GCVE-0-2026-59877)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 15:28 – Updated: 2026-07-08 15:49
VLAI
Title
protobufjs: Denial of Service via infinite loop in .proto option parsing
Summary
protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.6.5 and 8.6.6, protobufjs parsed option names by advancing through schema tokens until reaching an = token without checking for end of input, so a crafted .proto schema that opens an option declaration and ends prematurely can cause parse, Root.load, or Root.loadSync to loop indefinitely. This issue is fixed in versions 7.6.5 and 8.6.6.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
protobufjs protobuf.js Affected: >= 7.5.0, < 7.6.5
Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.6.6
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