Medium [CVE-2026-54269] Denial of Service due to name collision with runtime helpers
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-54269 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
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Summary
protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 8.6.0 and 7.6.3, protobufjs accepted certain schema-derived names that could collide with properties used by protobufjs runtime helpers.
The known affected names are fields named hasOwnProperty, field or oneof names such as $type when loaded through protobufjs JSON/reflection descriptors, and service methods whose generated helper name is rpcCall.
When affected message or service types were used, protobufjs could read schema-controlled data where it expected an own-property helper, reflected type metadata, or the base RPC helper.
This could cause deterministic exceptions or recursive calls in affected decode post-checks, verification, object conversion, reflected JSON serialization, or protobufjs RPC helper invocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.6.0 and 7.6.3.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted protobuf definitions or message types that contain names colliding with internal protobufjs runtime helpers. This could lead to deterministic exceptions or recursive calls during various operations, ultimately causing a Denial of Service (DoS) in applications using the library.
Red Hat rates this issue as having Low impact for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI bootc images.
Is CVE-2026-54269 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-54269 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2026-54269?
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:
- 8.6.0
- 7.6.3
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
- < 8.6.0
- < 7.6.3
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- 8.6.0
- 7.6.3
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Mitigation checklist
- No specific mitigation required for unaffected runtime paths.
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