VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-45740

high
Published 2026-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-19
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
7.5

Description

protobufjs: Denial of Service via unbounded recursive JSON descriptor expansion

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/security/advisories/GHSA-jggg-4jg4-v7c6

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmprotobufjs<7.5.87.5.8
npm npmprotobufjs>=8.0.0,<8.2.08.2.0
npm NPMprotobufjs>= 8.0.0, < 8.2.08.2.0
npm NPMprotobufjs<= 7.5.77.5.8

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
protobufjs_projectprotobufjs{"endExcluding":"7.5.8"}7.5.8

References

CWEs

CWE-674

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.