CVE-2026-48510

MessagePack-CSharp: LZ4 decompression allocates from unbounded declared output lengths

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Jun 22, 2026
Updated
Jun 25, 2026
Reserved
May 21, 2026

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Description

MessagePack for C# is a MessagePack serializer for C#. Prior to 2.5.301 and 3.1.7, when MessagePack-CSharp decompresses Lz4Block or Lz4BlockArray payloads, it reads declared uncompressed lengths from the wire and allocates output buffers based on those lengths before validating that the compressed data is valid or that the declared expansion is reasonable. A small payload can claim a very large uncompressed length and force a large allocation before LZ4 decoding begins. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.301 and 3.1.7.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.3 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

ProductVersions
MessagePack-CSharpMessagePack-CSharp
  • >= 3.0, < 3.1.7Affected
  • < 2.5.301Affected

References

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