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SCA: security update for com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java, com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite, com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin, com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-lite, google-protobuf (GHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411767

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Any project that parses untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of nested groups /
 series of SGROUP tags can corrupted by exceeding the stack limit i.e. StackOverflow. Parsing nested groups
 as unknown fields with DiscardUnknownFieldsParser or Java Protobuf Lite parser, or against Protobuf map
 fields, creates unbounded recursions that can be abused by an attacker. (CVE-2024-7254)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411767

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7254