What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-4746?

CVE-2026-4746 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 10.0 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Proton are affected by CVE-2026-4746?

CVE-2026-4746 presents critical security risk, a out-of-bounds write vulnerability rated CVSS 10.0.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-4746?

Within 24 hours: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches immediately. If patching is delayed, consider network segmentation to limit exposure.

Proton CVE-2026-4746

EUVD-2026-14745 CRITICAL

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

2026-03-24 GovTech CSG

GHSA-ch4h-8w5c-3g8g

Buffer Overflow Proton

10.0

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

10.0 CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 24, 2026 - 04:30 euvd

EUVD-2026-14745

Analysis Generated

Mar 24, 2026 - 04:30 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 24, 2026 - 04:30 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Mar 24, 2026 - 03:28 nvd

CRITICAL 10.0

DescriptionCVE.org

Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in timeplus-io proton (base/poco/Foundation/src‎ modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inflate.C.

This issue affects proton: before 1.6.16.

AnalysisAI

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Proton versions before 1.6.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability resides in the inflate.C module within the base/poco/Foundation components and can be exploited over the network without authentication or user interaction. A patch is available to remediate this critical flaw.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability resides in the POCO Foundation library's compression handling code, specifically the inflate.C module which implements decompression logic (likely related to zlib inflation). Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities (CWE-787) occur when a program writes data to memory locations outside the bounds of allocated buffers, often during parsing or decompression of untrusted input. In compression libraries, such flaws typically arise from improper bounds checking during stream decompression when processing crafted or malicious compressed payloads. The affected product is timeplus-io proton (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:timeplus-io:proton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), which incorporates the vulnerable POCO library code for handling compressed data streams.

RemediationAI

Upgrade timeplus-io proton to version 1.6.16 or later immediately. Apply the patch available from the vendor at https://github.com/timeplus-io/proton/pull/943. Organizations unable to patch immediately should implement network segmentation to restrict which systems can submit compressed data to proton instances, disable decompression features if not required, and apply strict input validation and monitoring for abnormal memory behavior or crashes. Validate all deployments against the updated version prior to production rollout.