GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-q233-g92q-qxp6 snappy-java: Unbounded memory allocation from attacker-declared uncompressed lengtha
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-108106
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770, CWE-789
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-27
Affected packages
• Maven org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java: < 1.1.10.9 → fixed in 1.1.10.9
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-108106 Xerial snappy-java before 1.1.10.9 contains an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust JVM memory by… vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-q233-g92q-qxp6 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108106 advisory
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/pull/739 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/943c6043a292568575e8347af4507d015e802c75 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java package
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/v1.1.10.8/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java#L517 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/releases/tag/v1.1.10.9 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xerial-snappy-java-before-1.1.10.9-unbounded-memory-allocation-denial-of-service web