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01 Record

CVE-2026-44288

protobufjs: Overlong UTF-8 decoding

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

02 Description

protobufjs: Overlong UTF-8 decoding

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
  • Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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
0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 22.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. 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
2026-05-13 14:37Z5 MO AGO
Last updated
2026-05-13 18:33Z5 MO AGO
Reserved
2026-05-05
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-176Improper Handling of Unicode EncodingVariant
  • CWE-76Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special ElementsBase
Data version
5.2
Document digest
4c3a6b73e42ff5ec49c011432852fdf5eee51b59c9c8956395126fb37a527b18

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
protobufjsprotobuf.js< 7.5.6, >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.2—

06 References