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Microsoft Security Response CenterCVE-2025-53605

The protobuf crate before 3.7.2 for Rust allows uncontrolled recursion in the protobuf::coded_input_stream::CodedInputStream::skip_group parsing of unknown fields in untrusted input.

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

Read the vendor bulletin Get alerts for azl3 kata-containers 3.18.0.kata0-3 on Azure Linux
5.9CVSS out of 10Medium severity
Scope

What the vendor says is affected

  • azl3 kata-containers 3.18.0.kata0-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 kata-containers-cc 3.15.0.aks0-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 rust 1.86.0-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers 3.2.0.azl2-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers-cc 3.2.0.azl2-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers-cc 3.2.0.azl2-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • azl3 kata-containers-cc 3.15.0.aks0-5 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 rust 1.72.0-10 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 rust 1.72.0-11 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • azl3 kata-containers-cc 3.15.0.aks0-6 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 rust 1.75.0-17 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers 3.2.0.azl2-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers 3.2.0.azl2-7 on CBL-Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers-cc 3.2.0.azl2-8 on CBL-Mariner 2.0

Versions the vendor lists as fixed

  • 3.19.1.kata2-1
  • 1.86.0-4
  • 1.72.0-11
  • 1.75.0-17
Next step

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When this advisory changed

  1. Published by Microsoft Security Response Center

    The publication date reported by the vendor.

  2. Updated by Microsoft Security Response Center

    The vendor changed the advisory after it was first published.

  3. Added to SecurityAlert

    We collected the advisory from the official source.

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CVE-2025-53605View CVSS, KEV, EPSS, and threat context
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