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CVE-2022-1941 — Out of Memory issue in ProtocolBuffers for cpp and python

2026-09-28T08:08:15.972743+00:00

Affected: Google LLC protobuf-cpp, Google LLC protobuf-python, google protobuf-cpp, google protobuf-python

A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 3.21.5 for protobuf-cpp, and versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 4.21.5 for protobuf-python can lead to out of memory failures. A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input. We recommend upgrading to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6 for protobuf-cpp and 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 for protobuf-python. Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated.

GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf — protobuf-cpp and protobuf-python have potential Denial of Service issue

2026-09-28T08:08:15.972863+00:00

Affected: PyPI: protobuf

### Summary

A message parsing and memory management vulnerability in ProtocolBuffer’s C++ and Python implementations can trigger an out of memory (OOM) failure when processing a specially crafted message, which could lead to a denial of service (DoS) on services using the libraries.

Reporter: [ClusterFuzz](https://google.github.io/clusterfuzz/)

Affected versions: All versions of C++ Protobufs (including Python) prior to the versions listed below.

### Severity & Impact As scored by google **Medium 5.7** - [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) Asscored byt NIST **High 7.5** - [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

A small (~500 KB) malicious payload can be constructed which causes the running service to allocate more than 3GB of RAM.

### Proof of Concept

For reproduction details, please refer to the unit test that identifies the specific inputs that exercise this parsing weakness.

### Mitigation / Patching

Please update to the latest available versions of the following packages: - protobuf-cpp (3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6) - protobuf-python (3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6)

PYSEC-2026-899 — protobuf-cpp and protobuf-python have potential Denial of Service issue

2026-09-28T08:08:15.972940+00:00