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CVE-2024-24786

HIGH
Published 2024-03-05T22:22:35.299Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.459
Higher than 45.9% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

google.golang.org/protobuf

google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson

Affected Versions:

0
google.golang.org/protobuf

google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/encoding/json

Affected Versions:

0
golang

go

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

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Golang protojson.Unmarshal function infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON

GHSA-8r3f-844c-mc37

Advisory Details

The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set.

Affected Packages

Go google.golang.org/protobuf
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.33.0
Go google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.33.0
Go google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/encoding/json
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.33.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24786
WEB https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go/commit/f01a588e5810b90996452eec4a28f22a0afae023
PACKAGE https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
WEB https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go/releases/tag/v1.33.0
WEB https://go.dev/cl/569356
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JDMBHAVSDU2FBDZ45U3A2VLSM35OJ2HU
WEB https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2611
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0002
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 6, 2024, Modified: November 7, 2024

References

https://go.dev/cl/569356
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2611
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JDMBHAVSDU2FBDZ45U3A2VLSM35OJ2HU/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0002/
Published: 2024-03-05T22:22:35.299Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T17:40:25.868Z
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