Security advisory

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  "id": "f0c461ae6ba67a904b7f4498e9f2fc40d536a5f2cc7ddc049f313012923daeeb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3738",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-3738",
    "summary": "protobufjs is vulnerable to ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid .proto files.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-3738",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-3738",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-3738",
        "GHSA-762f-c2wg-m8c8"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b912005cae64176a296baa20b1f56de8a10105b1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "last_affected": "6.8.5"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "6.8.3",
            "6.8.2",
            "6.8.1",
            "6.8.0",
            "6.7.3",
            "6.7.2",
            "6.7.1",
            "6.7.0",
            "6.6.5",
            "6.6.4",
            "6.6.3",
            "6.6.2",
            "6.6.1",
            "6.6.0",
            "6.5.3",
            "6.5.2",
            "6.5.1",
            "6.5.0",
            "6.4.6",
            "6.4.5",
            "6.4.4",
            "6.4.3",
            "6.4.2",
            "6.4.1",
            "6.4.0",
            "6.3.1",
            "6.3.0",
            "6.2.1",
            "6.2.0",
            "6.1.1",
            "6.1.0",
            "6.0.2",
            "6.0.1",
            "6.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-3738.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.631317603Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/319576"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-3738",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435422,
  "published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:08.927+00:00"
}