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    CVE-2026-0994

    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.

    Published:Jan 23, 2026
    Last Modified:Sep 1, 2026
    EPS:Jan 23, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00688
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Protobuf
    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Protobuf-python
    Vendor
    Protobuf
    Product
    Protobuf

    Exploits

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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