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GHSA-pr59-h9ph-3fr8

protobufjs-cli: Code injection in pbjs static output from crafted JSON descriptor names

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-54271

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm protobufjs-cli < 1.3.2 1.3.2
npm protobufjs-cli >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.0 2.5.0

Details

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## Summary 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 GHSA-6r35-46g8-jcw9 / CVE-2026-44295. ## Impact 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. ## Preconditions * The application or build process must run `pbjs` static code generation on a pre-parsed JSON descriptor influenced by an attacker. * The generated JavaScript file must subsequently be executed or imported. * An affected generated API path must be invoked. ## Workarounds Do not run affected versions of `pbjs` static or static-module generation on untrusted JSON descriptors. If untrusted JSON descriptors must be accepted, validate descriptor-derived names before code generation and reject names that could not have been produced by parsing a valid `.proto` file. Running code generation in an isolated environment can reduce impact.

References

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