CVE-2026-44302: Snappier has an infinite loop during SnappyStream decompression with malformed framed input

May 6, 2026

Snappier.SnappyStream enters an uncatchable infinite loop when decompressing a malformed framed-format Snappy stream as small as 15 bytes.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pggp-6c3x-2xmx
github.com/brantburnett/Snappier
github.com/brantburnett/Snappier/security/advisories/GHSA-pggp-6c3x-2xmx
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44302

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