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SCA: security update for google/protobuf (GHSA-p2gh-cfq4-4wjc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439240

Description

Protobuf: Denial of Service issue through malicious messages containing negative varints or deep recursion

Solution

Update the google/protobuf library and its related packages to version 4.33.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2gh-cfq4-4wjc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439240

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/26/2026

Updated: 3/26/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Reference Information

cwe: CWE-400