Answer in brief
CVE-2026-104895 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in jackson-dataformat-smile: unbounded eager byte[] allocation for raw binary in the async parser allows OutOfMemoryError denial of service. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps FasterXML/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (generic), FasterXML/tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps FasterXML/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (generic), FasterXML/tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| FasterXML/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smilegeneric | >=2.9.0 <2.18.12 || >=2.19.0 <2.21.8 || >=2.22.0 <2.22.4 | 2.18.12, 2.21.8, 2.22.4 |
| FasterXML/tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smilegeneric | >=3.0.0 <3.1.8 || >=3.2.0 <3.2.4 | 3.1.8, 3.2.4 |
Published upstream
Oct 28, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 28, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 28, 2026
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.
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