CVE-2026-63126

Published: September 16th, 2026
Wire provides gRPC and protocol buffers for Android, Kotlin, Swift, and Java. Prior to 6.4.5 and 7.0.0-alpha04, Wire protobuf readers do not consistently validate attacker-controlled lengths against the current logical message boundary before advancing cursors, pointers, limits, slices, or allocations. In Kotlin, ProtoAdapter.decode(ByteArray) and ProtoAdapter.decode(ByteString) use ByteArrayProtoReader32.internalNextLengthDelimited(), where a positive oversized length can wrap pos + length to a negative limit and escape the existing negative-length check. Related ProtoReader, ReadBuffer.readVarint(), ReadBuffer.verifyAdditional(count:), packed-repeated, nested-message, and ProtoDecoder.decodeSizeDelimited(_:from:) paths can cross logical boundaries, perform pointer arithmetic, reserve capacity, or convert an unrepresentable size before proving the requested bytes exist. An attacker who supplies malformed protobuf bytes can cause unchecked exceptions, traps, out-of-bounds behavior, or excessive allocation, resulting in denial of service without known confidentiality, integrity, or code-execution impact. This issue is fixed in versions 6.4.5 and 7.0.0-alpha04.
HIGH
CVSS v3: 7.5

Status

DocFilters Release Package State Justification Comment
daily protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
26.3 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
26.2 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
26.1 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
25.4 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
25.3 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
25.2 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
25.1 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
24.4 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
24.4.0 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
24.3 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
24.2 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
24.1 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
23.3 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
23.2 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
23.1 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
22.4 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
22.3 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
22.2 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
22.1 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
21.11 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
21.8 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
21.5.0 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
21.2.0 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.19.3667 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.18.3599 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.16.3445 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.15.3368 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.14.3263 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.13.3179 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.12.3054 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.11.3040 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.11.2990 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.10.2934 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.9.2878 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.8.2822 protobuf (3.0.0) Needs Triage

Severity score breakdown

Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
7.5
Base Severity
HIGH
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
User Interaction
NONE
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version
3.1

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