CVE-2026-32829

HIGH

lz4_flex: Decompression can leak information from uninitialized memory or reused output buffer

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

lz4_flex is a pure Rust implementation of LZ4 compression/decompression. In versions 0.11.5 and below, and 0.12.0, decompressing invalid LZ4 data can leak sensitive information from uninitialized memory or from previous decompression operations. The library fails to properly validate offset values during LZ4 "match copy operations," allowing out-of-bounds reads from the output buffer. The block-based API functions (`decompress_into`, `decompress_into_with_dict`, and others when `safe-decode` is disabled) are affected, while all frame APIs are unaffected. The impact is potential exposure of sensitive data and secrets through crafted or malformed LZ4 input. This issue has been fixed in versions 0.11.6 and 0.12.1.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 3.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-201 CWE-823
Status published
Products (5)
crates.io/lz4_flex 0 - 0.11.6crates.io
pseitz/lz4_flex 0.12.0
pseitz/lz4_flex < 0.11.6
PSeitz/lz4_flex < 0.11.6
PSeitz/lz4_flex >= 0.12.0, < 0.12.1
Published Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 20, 2026