protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. From 8.2.0 until 8.6.5, the protobufjs Text Format extension parsed string-keyed map entries using ordinary property assignment, allowing a map entry with key __proto__ to change the prototype of the returned map object instead of creating an own map entry in protobufjs/ext/textformat. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.5.
CVE-2026-59876
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 87% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.8
- EG Score
- 4.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 12.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 8, 2026
Last Modified
July 10, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jul 9, 2026Text Format string map parsing can mutate returned map object prototype · Advisory · protobufjs/protobuf.js · GitHub
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/security/advisories/GHSA-jfj6-75fj-8934protobufjs: v8.6.5
Patch available: protobufjs/protobuf.js protobufjs-v8.6.5
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/releases/tag/protobufjs-v8.6.5fix: Use own-property semantics for internal maps
Patch available: protobufjs/protobuf.js protobufjs-cli-v2.5.6 (PR #2335 merged 2026-06-21)
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/2335commit 9f97fe413072 (protobufjs/protobuf.js)
Patch available: protobufjs/protobuf.js protobufjs-cli-v2.5.6 (contains commit 9f97fe413072)
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/9f97fe413072d3beb52c74e62d88ea8adc9444d8Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-12 10:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-10 13:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 15:46 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 15:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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