CVE-2026-89418

Published: September 17th, 2026
google-protobuf contains an unbounded recursion when parsing unknown protobuf group fields. An attacker can send a small crafted payload of deeply nested START_GROUP wire bytes to any Node.js service that calls the generated deserializeBinary() API, causing a RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded and crashing the process. No authentication or prior knowledge of the schema is required.
Unknown
CVSS v2:

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

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