CVE 8.2 HIGH

protobufjs-cli: Code injection in pbjs static output from crafted JSON descriptor names_CVE-2026-54271

8.2 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Description

protobufjs-cli is the command line add-on for protobuf.js. Prior to 1.3.2 and 2.5.0, a previous fix for unsafe name handling in pbjs static / static-module code generation was incomplete. Affected versions of protobufjs-cli could still emit unsafe JavaScript references when generating static output from crafted JSON descriptor input. The common case of parsing schemas from .proto files is not affected. This is a bypass of CVE-2026-44295. An attacker who can provide or influence pre-parsed JSON descriptors passed to pbjs static code generation may be able to cause generated JavaScript output to contain attacker-controlled code. The injected code may execute if the generated file is later executed or imported and an affected generated API path is invoked. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.2 and 2.5.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-54271
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 22, 2026 at 16:16

Affected Product

Vendor protobufjs
Product protobufjs-cli
Version < 1.3.2
Affected Versions protobufjs protobufjs-cli < 1.3.2
protobufjs protobufjs-cli >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.2

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