Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
GoGo Protobuf (github.com/gogo/protobuf) versions before 1.3.2 are affected by a missing index validation flaw in the unmarshal plugin. The source gives few details about what an attacker must do or what exactly results from exploitation. Upgrade to version 1.3.2 or later, where the issue is fixed.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.034, the 89th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:44 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:44 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-c3h9-896r-86jm
- OSV: GHSA-c3h9-896r-86jm
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3121
- github.com/gogo/protobuf/commit/b03c65ea87cdc3521ede29f62fe3ce239267c1bc
- discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-23-consul-exposed-to-denial-of-service-in-gogo-protobuf-dependency/29025
- github.com/gogo/protobuf
- github.com/gogo/protobuf/compare/v1.3.1...v1.3.2
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r68032132c0399c29d6cdc7bd44918535da54060a10a12b1591328bff@%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r88d69555cb74a129a7bf84838073b61259b4a3830190e05a3b87994e@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc1e9ff22c5641d73701ba56362fb867d40ed287cca000b131dcf4a44@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0053
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0006