CVE-2026-0994
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
Important: protobuf security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Affected | — |
| forky | Affected | — |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gcp | | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0994
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/25070
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/25239
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/5ebddcb1bcbe51d1fe323baa145e85f4f23128cf
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/d2b001626d137c62dfee6c88c87324102531868b
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3095
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0994.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:3095
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-0994
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2432398
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-3095.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.