CVE-2025-4565
MEDIUMGoogle Protobuf-python < 4.25.8 - Denial of Service
Title source: ruleDescription
Any project that uses Protobuf Pure-Python backend to parse untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of recursive groups, recursive messages or a series of SGROUP tags can be corrupted by exceeding the Python recursion limit. This can result in a Denial of service by crashing the application with a RecursionError. We recommend upgrading to version =>6.31.1 or beyond commit 17838beda2943d08b8a9d4df5b68f5f04f26d901
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
3.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (2)
google/protobuf-python
< 4.25.8
pypi/protobuf
0 - 4.25.8PyPI
Published
Jun 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026