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CVE-2026-44291

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Published: May 13, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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8.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 5.9
Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.5.6 and 8.0.2, protobufjs used plain objects with inherited prototypes for internal type lookup tables used by generated encode and decode functions. If Object.prototype had already been polluted, those lookup tables could resolve attacker-controlled inherited properties as valid protobuf type information. This could cause attacker-controlled strings to be emitted into generated JavaScript code. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.6 and 8.0.2.

Affected (2)

Protobufjs Project
1 product
Protobufjs
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Protobufjs
Before 7.5.6
Protobufjs
From 8.0.0 to 8.0.2

Related CWEs

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (1)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
MitigationVendor Advisory

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