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HIGHCVE-2026-0994Published Modified CNA Google

CVE-2026-0994: Denial of Service in Python 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.

Metrics

CVSS v4.0
8.2
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • Python / Protobuf
    <=v33.4
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
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