# CVE-2026-119434: Decompression bomb in ezstd:decompress\_using\_ddict/2 allows BEAM memory exhaustion via unbounded output buffer

- Also known as: EEF-CVE-2026-119434, EUVD-2026-117783
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.5
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-119434 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.9 (medium) and affects ezstd; fixed in 1.2.5.

## Summary

The ezstd Erlang library, in versions before 1.2.5, can be made to exhaust memory and crash the whole Erlang VM through its dictionary decompression function, ezstd:decompress_using_ddict/2. A local attacker who can supply a crafted zstd frame, without logging in or any user action, can trigger a very large allocation from a small input, and because it happens inside a NIF the operating system terminates the entire node.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- ezstd (Hex): from 1.0.5, fixed in 1.2.5
- silviucpp/ezstd: version range not reported
- ezstd (Hex): from 1.0.5, fixed in 1.2.5

## Description

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in silviucpp ezstd allows an attacker who supplies a zstd frame to ezstd:decompress_using_ddict/2 to exhaust memory and terminate the Erlang VM via a small frame that declares a very large content size. zstd_nif_decompress_using_ddict in c_src/ezstd_nif.cc reads the frame's declared content size with ZSTD_getFrameContentSize and passes it directly to enif_make_new_binary, without the 1 GiB MAX_BUFFER_SIZE check that ezstd:decompress/1 applies before allocating. A valid 65,550-byte frame of RLE blocks declaring 2 GiB is rejected by ezstd:decompress/1 but is fully allocated and decompressed by the dictionary path. The allocation happens inside a NIF, so when it exceeds the memory available to the VM the operating system kills the whole node rather than the calling process. This issue affects ezstd: from 1.0.5 before 1.2.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ezstd, silviucpp/ezstd, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.5) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-119434 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119434

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119434?

ezstd (Hex): from 1.0.5 before 1.2.5. ezstd (Hex): from 1.0.5 before 1.2.5.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119434

### How do I fix CVE-2026-119434?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.2.5.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119434

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/silviucpp/ezstd/releases/tag/v1.2.5
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-119434.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-119434
- https://github.com/silviucpp/ezstd/commit/6730128b1d35eca02a2028671421471ff651f423
- https://github.com/silviucpp/ezstd/commit/e34f4a4f6dc18d990d1cece2d5fceef8e934a195

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