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CVE-2026-0994

HIGH 7.5

Denial of Service in Python Protobuf

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-674
Vendor python
Product protobuf
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Jan 23, 2026
Last Updated Jun 30, 2026
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Affected Versions

Python / Protobuf
<=v33.4

References

NVD β†— CVE.org β†— EPSS Data β†—
github.com: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/25239 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0994 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432398 security.access.redhat.com: https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-0994.json access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3959 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3958 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3218 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3094 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3097 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3220 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3059 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3219 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3095 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8748 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8746 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8747 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174