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2 vulnerabilities found for Protobuf by Python
CVE-2026-0994 (GCVE-0-2026-0994)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-23 14:55 – Updated: 2026-01-23 15:34
VLAI?
Title
Denial of Service in Python Protobuf
Summary
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
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CVE-2026-0994 (GCVE-0-2026-0994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 14:55 – Updated: 2026-01-23 15:34
VLAI?
Title
Denial of Service in Python Protobuf
Summary
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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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
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