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01 Record

CVE-2026-41242

protobufjs has an arbitrary code execution issue

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score9.4 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
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02 Description

protobufjs has an arbitrary code execution issue

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
  • AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
  • Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
0.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 55.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-09.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-04-18 16:18Z6 MO AGO
Last updated
2026-09-09 12:05Z1 MO AGO
Reserved
2026-04-18
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
Data version
5.2
Document digest
5cd424aa87248cd40c416168a59f4276be0edfaa1d284616597f21fed1d94772

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
protobufjsprotobuf.js< 7.5.5, >= 8.0.0-experimental, < 8.0.1—

06 References