snappy-java: Unbounded memory allocation from attacker-declared uncompressed lengtha
CVE-2026-108106 · GHSA-q233-g92q-qxp6 · published 27 Oct 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.5 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java(Maven) <= 1.1.10.8
How to check
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How to fix
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- Upgrade
org.xerial.snappy:snappy-javato 1.1.10.9 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
### Impact
Several decompression paths in snappy-java allocate an output buffer sized by the uncompressed length declared in the first bytes of the compressed data, before decompressing or validating it. A few bytes of crafted input can therefore force an allocation of up to 2 GB, causing `OutOfMemoryError` (denial of service), or a `NegativeArraySizeException` for declared lengths of 2^31 or more.
Affected entry points include `Snappy.uncompress(byte[])`, `Snappy.uncompressString`, the `Snappy.uncompress*Array` methods, `SnappyInputStream`, and `SnappyFramedInputStream`. The `maxChunkSize` limit added for CVE-2023-43642 bounds only the compressed chunk length, so it does not prevent this.
### Patches
Fixed in 1.1.10.9 (#739). `Snappy.uncompressedLength()` now rejects negative declared lengths, and lengths larger than any valid Snappy stream of the given size can produce. The densest Snappy element expands 3 bytes to 64, so the limit is 64/3 of the compressed size. Allocations are therefore proportional to the input actually received.
### Workarounds
Before decompressing untrusted data, check that `Snappy.uncompressedLength(input)` is within an application-specific limit.
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References
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-q233-g92q-qxp6
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108106
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/pull/739
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/943c6043a292568575e8347af4507d015e802c75
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/v1.1.10.8/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java#L517
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java/releases/tag/v1.1.10.9
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xerial-snappy-java-before-1.1.10.9-unbounded-memory-allocation-denial-of-service
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q233-g92q-qxp6
- github.com/xerial/snappy-java
Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 28 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON