High severity · published Mar 20, 2026
CVE-2026-32829
lz4_flex: Decompression can leak information from uninitialized memory or reused output buffer
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LZ
lz4_flex · PSeitz
< 0.11.6; >= 0.12.0, < 0.12.1 · source: vendor
LF
Lz4 Flex · Pseitz
before 0.11.6; 0.12.0 · source: NVD
LS
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift 6.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
LS
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift 6.4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
LS
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift 6.5 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
OL
OpenShift Lightspeed · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32829
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32829
Patch
https://github.com/PSeitz/lz4_flex/commit/055502ee5d297ecd6bf448ac91c055c7f6df9b6d
Mitigation
https://github.com/PSeitz/lz4_flex/security/advisories/GHSA-vvp9-7p8x-rfvv
Third Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0041.html
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11800
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16354
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19712
