Vulnerability · Published Jun 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-48510MessagePack-CSharp: LZ4 decompression allocates from unbounded declared output lengths

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in MessagePack-CSharp from MessagePack-CSharp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
NuGetmessagepack2.5.301GHSA-v72x-2h86-7f8m
NuGetmessagepack3.1.7GHSA-v72x-2h86-7f8m

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MessagePack-CSharp MessagePack-CSharp >= 3.0, < 3.1.7< 2.5.301

Weakness: CWE-409, CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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