luben zstd-jni Dictionary Sharing ZstdCompressCtx.java ZstdCompressCtx.loadDict use after free
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 17 fixed, 8 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in luben zstd-jni up to 1.5.7-13. This vulnerability affects the function ZstdCompressCtx.loadDict of the file ZstdCompressCtx.java of the component Dictionary Sharing. Such manipulation leads to use after free. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.5.7-14 is able to resolve this issue. The name of the patch is a560131d7834598afd9cea6b7c107bc88e915936. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA zstd-jni (luben) Fixed in 1.5.7-14
Red Hat 17 advisories
- RHSA-2026:95221 Released 2026-11-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.9 XP 6.0.7.GA release
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1
- RHSA-2026:88159 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.17 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88158 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.19 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
Show 14 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:88157 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.20 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88156 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.16 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88155 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.21 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88154 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.22 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88153 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.18 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:88151 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.14 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:88152 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.12 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:88149 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.13 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:88150 Released 2026-10-22 · Red Hat rating CriticalRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.15 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2026:84734 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-payload-processing-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 +47
- RHSA-2026:71675 Released 2026-09-24 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18.4 for Spring Boot release.
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.4 for Spring Boot 3.5.16
- RHSA-2026:70257 Released 2026-09-22 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 update is now available (RHBQ 3.33.3.SP2)
- Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.3.SP2 com.github.luben.zstd-jni-1.5.7.16-rhel8-redhat-00001.jar, com.squareup.wire.wire-runtime-6.4.7.jar, com.squareup.wire.wire-runtime-jvm-6.4.7.jar +7
- RHSA-2026:69440 Released 2026-09-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.3.SP2 release and security update
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.3.SP2
- RHSA-2026:69470 Released 2026-09-21 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.5.SP2 release and security update
- Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.5.SP2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit Intelligence | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88152 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88149 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88151 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88150 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88156 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88159 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88153 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88158 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88157 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88155 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:88154 |
| Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.3.SP2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70257 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95221 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:84734 |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.4 for Spring Boot 3.5.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71675 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.5.SP2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:69470 |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.3.SP2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:69440 |
Not affected: 19 products
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.21
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.22
- Red Hat AMQ Clients
- Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.3.SP2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90852
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhh7-cpvm-vxxc
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:69440 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:69470 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:70257 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33 for Quarkus 3.33.3.SP2, Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.5.SP2, Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.3.SP2 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-10 Fix available: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.3.SP2 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88149 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88152 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88150 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88156 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88153 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88154 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88157 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88155 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88151 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88158 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: RHSA-2026:88159 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 +8 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95221 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 · Red Hat
References
More luben vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-61574 zstd-jni 1.2.0 through 1.5.7-13 Out-of-Bounds Read via ZstdDictDecompress CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-60350 zstd-jni 1.5.5-6 through 1.5.7-13 Out-of-Bounds Read via Negative Offset CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-59940 zstd-jni 1.1.1 through 1.5.7-13 Out-of-Bounds Read via Direct ByteBuffer Frame-Size Methods CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-59916 zstd-jni 1.2.0 through 1.5.7-13 Out-of-Bounds Read via ZstdDictCompress CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-59963 zstd-jni 1.3.8-4 through 1.5.7-13 Use-After-Free via Setters Called After close() CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2026-59942 zstd-jni 1.3.8-4 through 1.5.7-13 Use-After-Free of Compression and Decompression Dictionaries CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-90852 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90852 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hhh7-cpvm-vxxc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90852 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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