Security vulnerabilities and automated fixes for cve 2026 41242 issues
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CVE-2026-41242 is a critical vulnerability in protobufjs versions 8.0.0 and earlier that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious type fields into protobuf definitions. The fix upgrades the dependency from `^8.0.0` to `^8.6.6` in `core/package.json`, eliminating the unsafe code path that processed attacker-controlled type metadata without validation.
A critical vulnerability in protobufjs (CVE-2026-41242) allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious type fields into protobuf definitions. This fix upgrades the protobufjs dependency from version 7.3.0 to 7.6.5, eliminating the attack vector in a private Node.js application's dependency tree.