RHLW-2026-3813366f0e43c8bd: Lightwell Security Advisory: aircompressor 0.21.0.rhlw-00007

Published Nov 6, 2026
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Updated

Red Hat Lightwell has released io.airlift:aircompressor 0.21.0.rhlw-00007 with backported fixes for CVE-2024-36114 and CVE-2025-67721.

CVE-2024-36114: Decompressors can crash the JVM and leak memory content in Aircompressor

CVE-2025-67721: Aircompressor's Snappy and LZ4 Java-based decompressor implementation can leak information from reused output buffer

This patched artifact is a drop-in replacement for io.airlift:aircompressor 0.21.0 from Maven Central.

Affected Software

1 affected componentFixes available
red-hat-lightwell/io.airlift:aircompressor<0.21.0.rhlw-00007
0.21.0.rhlw-00007

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade red-hat-lightwell/io.airlift:aircompressor to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.21.0.rhlw-00007
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade io.airlift:aircompressor to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.21.0.rhlw-00007

Event History

Nov 6, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·05:21 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·05:21 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What attacker access is indicated by the severity vector?

The severity vector indicates network-based exploitation with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges and no user interaction. The listed impacts are low confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and high availability impact.

2

What replacement is available for deployments using the Maven Central artifact?

Red Hat Lightwell provides io.airlift:aircompressor 0.21.0.rhlw-00007. It is described as a drop-in replacement for io.airlift:aircompressor 0.21.0 from Maven Central.

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