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Upgrade Protobuf Version to fix CVE-2024-7254

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
security

Research direction

Start by reading the EnvoyRateLimiter design at https://s.apache.org/beam-api-ratelimiter and locating the project's Protobuf dependency declarations. Confirm the dependency can be upgraded to address CVE-2024-7254, then verify the existing build and tests still pass.

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Description

We are planning to use EnvoyRateLimiter in Apache Beam Java SDK. But there is a vulnerability with high severity. Can we upgrade the Protobuf version to resolve this. I can create a fix and raise PR

Design: https://s.apache.org/beam-api-ratelimiter

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