Description
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (3)
google/protobuf
< 33.4
pypi/protobuf
6.30.0rc1 - 6.33.5PyPI
Python/Protobuf
<=v33.4
Published
Jan 23, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026