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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-104895 EUVD-2026-111530

jackson-dataformat-smile: unbounded eager byte[] allocation for raw binary in the async parser allows OutOfMemoryError denial of service

Published Oct 28, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by HeroDevs

Description

The asynchronous Smile parser (NonBlockingByteArrayParser) uses a raw-binary length prefix taken from untrusted input to allocate a byte[] before the body is read, with no upper bound and no overflow check. On the raw-binary marker 0xFD, _decodeVInt() computes (value << 6) + (i & 0x3F) without the (value >>> 25) != 0 overflow guard present in the blocking SmileParser._readUnsignedVInt, and _startRawBinary then allocates the declared length immediately.

A Smile feed of roughly ten bytes can therefore force an eager allocation of approximately 2 GB, producing an OutOfMemoryError on reactive or asynchronous Smile endpoints. A VInt crafted to overflow int yields a negative length and a NegativeArraySizeException, a RuntimeException that is not a JacksonException and so escapes the parser contract. Either outcome crashes the request or processing thread.

This is the same class of issue as CVE-2020-28491 in the CBOR parser of this library, which was fixed with a LONGEST_NON_CHUNKED_BINARY guard; the asynchronous Smile parser never received the equivalent guard. No privileges or user interaction beyond the ability to submit data for parsing are required.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FasterXML jackson-dataformat-smile 2.9.0 – < 2.18.12, 2.19.0 – < 2.21.8, 2.22.0 – < 2.22.4, 3.0.0 – < 3.1.8, 3.2.0 – < 3.2.4 2.18.12

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jackson-dataformats-binary 2.22.4-1 —
Debian 13 jackson-dataformat-smile No fix yet —
Debian 12 jackson-dataformat-smile No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 openvox-agent 8.32.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2026:95657, RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 openvox-server 8.18.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2026:95657, RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-brotli +1 1.2.1-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-django +1 4.2.30-2.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-gitpython +1 3.2.1-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-pillow +1 13.0.0-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-pyyaml +1 6.0.1-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-urllib3 +1 2.8.0-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python3.12-brotli 1.2.1-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python3.12-django 4.2.30-3.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python3.12-gitpython 3.2.1-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python3.12-pillow 13.0.0-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python3.12-urllib3 2.8.0-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite 6 openvox-agent 8.32.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2026:95657, RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 openvox-server 8.18.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2026:95657, RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-brotli +1 1.2.1-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-django +1 4.2.30-2.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-gitpython +1 3.2.1-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-pillow +1 13.0.0-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-pyyaml +1 6.0.1-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-urllib3 +1 2.8.0-1.el8pc RHSA-2026:95656, RHSA-2026:95655
Red Hat Satellite 6 python3.12-brotli 1.2.1-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite 6 python3.12-django 4.2.30-3.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite 6 python3.12-gitpython 3.2.1-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite 6 python3.12-pillow 13.0.0-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657
Red Hat Satellite 6 python3.12-urllib3 2.8.0-1.el9pc RHSA-2026:95657

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