CVE-2025-4565CWE-674

Unbounded recursion in Python Protobuf

High · published June 16, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Any project that uses Protobuf Pure-Python backend to parse untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of recursive groups, recursive messages or a series of SGROUP tags can be corrupted by exceeding the Python recursion limit. This can result in a Denial of service by crashing the application with a RecursionError. We recommend upgrading to version =>6.31.1 or beyond commit 17838beda2943d08b8a9d4df5b68f5f04f26d901

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00255 · 16.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion
Published
2025-06-16T14:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUN 14:50Z
    Unbounded recursion in Python Protobuf
    cvelistv5