7.5

CVE-2026-48712: protobufjs_project protobufjs Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesCGA-2mrr-pqxv-9mjrCGA-5xmw-ghwm-rg95CGA-8c7m-j5g3-jj2g
Published 22-06-2026Last modified 23-06-2026
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-48712 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in protobufjs_project protobufjs. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CGA-Q36V-HJ9J-2XR3

Timeline

  1. 22-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 7.6.1 and 8.4.1, protobufjs could recurse without a depth limit while converting decoded messages to plain objects or JSON. This affected generated toObject() conversion and the custom google.protobuf.Any JSON conversion path. A crafted protobuf binary payload containing deeply nested Any values could cause the JavaScript call stack to be exhausted during conversion to JSON. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.6.1 and 8.4.1.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard12 products
  • cadence-web< 4.0.15-r3
  • langfuse-3< 3.188.0-r0
  • langfuse-3-compat< 3.225.7-r6
  • langfuse-3-worker< 3.188.0-r0
  • langfuse-fips-3< 3.188.0-r0
Wolfi6 products
  • langfuse-3< 3.188.0-r0
  • langfuse-3-compat< 3.225.7-r6
  • langfuse-3-worker< 3.188.0-r0
  • pulumi-language-nodejs< 3.246.0-r1
  • vitess-24< 24.0.1-r4
Npm1 product
  • protobufjs< 7.6.1 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.4.1
Protobufjs1 product
Protobufjs_project1 product

5 vendors · 21 products

References

4 links