# CVE-2026-59949: yawkat LZ4 Java: JVM Crash via Null Byte Array in lz4-java Streaming XXHash JNI (StreamingXXHash32JNI / StreamingXXHash64JNI)

- Also known as: GHSA-XX22-P4CH-683R
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.1
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-18

## Affected

- yawkat lz4-java: fixed in 1.11.1
- at.yawk.lz4:lz4-java (Maven): fixed in 1.11.1
- org.lz4:lz4-java (Maven): through 1.8.1

## Description

yawkat LZ4 Java provides LZ4 compression for Java. Prior to 1.11.1, JNI-backed XXHash implementations fail to validate the byte array object and the off and len arguments in XXHashFactory.nativeInstance().hash32().hash(), XXHashFactory.nativeInstance().hash64().hash(), XXHashFactory.nativeInstance().newStreamingHash32().update(), and XXHashFactory.nativeInstance().newStreamingHash64().update(), allowing null arrays or oversized ranges to reach native code, read outside the Java array, and fatally terminate the JVM. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yawkat lz4-java, at.yawk.lz4:lz4-java, org.lz4:lz4-java, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/yawkat/lz4-java/security/advisories/GHSA-xx22-p4ch-683r
- https://github.com/yawkat/lz4-java/commit/dbd86d04b8dd716e1c2bc626be54189997d910da
- https://github.com/yawkat/lz4-java/releases/tag/v1.11.1

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