CVE-2026-61695
Wire Swift runtime: negative LENGTH_DELIMITED length in skipGroup() crashes any protobuf-decoding service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 10, 2026
Description
Wire provides gRPC and protocol buffers for Android, Kotlin, Swift, and Java. Prior to 6.4.1 and 7.0.0-alpha04, Wire's Swift runtime ProtoReader.skipGroup(expectedEndTag:unknownFieldsWriter:) accepts a negative length for a LENGTH_DELIMITED field inside an unknown START_GROUP field. ProtoReader.readData() forwards the negative count to ReadBuffer.readData(count:), whose upper-bound-only check permits the value to reach Foundation Data(bytes:count:) and trigger an unrecoverable process trap instead of a catchable ProtoDecoder.Error. Any Swift process decoding untrusted protobuf bytes can be crashed without authentication, user interaction, or knowledge of the target schema. This issue is fixed in versions 6.4.1 and 7.0.0-alpha04.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
wiresquare |
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References
- https://github.com/square/wire/security/advisories/GHSA-86wm-r4c5-2rc9
- https://github.com/square/wire/pull/3616
- https://github.com/square/wire/commit/24043b6b3a5e5974a978f2745b76d50b31407c1c
- https://github.com/square/wire/commit/81ff7f24a6795d9a8be2e03f272b2d979a5d2c7e
- https://github.com/square/wire/releases/tag/6.4.1
- https://github.com/square/wire/releases/tag/7.0.0-alpha04
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