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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54451

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Elixir protobuf is a pure Elixir implementation of Google Protobuf. From 0.8.0 until 0.16.1, services that decode attacker-controlled protobuf bytes with Protobuf.Decoder can be taken offline when the schema contains a self-referential or cyclic message type. In lib/protobuf/decoder.ex, Protobuf.Decoder.value_for_field/3 handles an embedded?: true field by recursively entering the decode / build_message / handle_value / value_for_field call chain without enforcing a nesting-depth limit. Deeply nested embedded fields retain non-tail recursive frames, allowing a comparatively small request to consume substantial CPU and memory, pin a BEAM scheduler, and exhaust the node. This issue is fixed in version 0.16.1.

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54451

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Security context

Source reference: osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54451

elixir

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Affected versions
0.7.1-1

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0.7.1-2

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0.7.1-4build0.14.04.1

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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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elixir

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Affected versions
0.7.1-3

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0.7.1-4build0.16.04.1

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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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elixir

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Affected versions
0.7.1-4build1

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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

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      "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/elixir?arch=source&distro=trusty",
      "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
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]

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