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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-3738

CVE-2018-3738

Description

protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
protobufjsnpm	>= 6.0.0, < 6.8.6	6.8.6
protobufjsnpm	< 5.0.3	5.0.3

Affected products

2

ghsa-coords
pkg:npm/protobufjs
Range: >= 6.0.0, < 6.8.6
HackerOne/protobufjs node modulev5
Range: Versions up to and including 6.8.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

5

hackerone.com/reports/319576nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-762f-c2wg-m8c8ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3738ghsaADVISORY
github.com/dcodeIO/protobuf.js/blob/6.8.5/src/parse.jsghsaWEB
www.npmjs.com/advisories/605ghsaWEB

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