CVE-2026-54451High· 8.2▾ MidnightPoC availableElixir protobuf is a pure Elixir implementation of Google Protobuf. From 0.8.0 until 0.16.1, services that decode attacker-controlled protobuf bytes with Protobuf.Decoder can be taken offline when the schema contains a self-referential o…
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 45.1 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 19.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
— → 8.2
0.3%
Last analysed / modified upstream
Exploit / PoC code exists
Elixir protobuf is a pure Elixir implementation of Google Protobuf. From 0.8.0 until 0.16.1, services that decode attacker-controlled protobuf bytes with Protobuf.Decoder can be taken offline when the schema contains a self-referential or cyclic message type. In lib/protobuf/decoder.ex, Protobuf.Decoder.value_for_field/3 handles an embedded?: true field by recursively entering the decode / build_message / handle_value / value_for_field call chain without enforcing a nesting-depth limit. Deeply nested embedded fields retain non-tail recursive frames, allowing a comparatively small request to consume substantial CPU and memory, pin a BEAM scheduler, and exhaust the node. This issue is fixed in version 0.16.1.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Affected packages:
protobuf >= 0.8.0, < 0.16.1Patched in:
protobuf 0.16.1Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rv48-qqj5-crxg
Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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