diff --git a/docs/victoriametrics/changelog/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/victoriametrics/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
index 5772cbbbdc..ca0bcbe711 100644
--- a/docs/victoriametrics/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/victoriametrics/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ See also [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/lts-rel
 
 ## tip
 
+* BUGFIX: `vminsert`, [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/vmagent/) and [vmsingle](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/): properly apply `maxDataSize` memory limits to the `snappy` encoded requests. It protects ingest endpoints from malicious requests.
+
 ## [v1.129.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.129.0)
 
 Released at 2025-10-31
diff --git a/lib/encoding/snappy/snappy.go b/lib/encoding/snappy/snappy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e37568fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/encoding/snappy/snappy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package snappy
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/golang/snappy"
+)
+
+// Decode returns the decoded form of src with provided max block data size.
+// The returned slice may be a sub-slice of dst
+// if dst was large enough to hold the entire decoded block.
+// Otherwise, a newly allocated slice will be returned.
+//
+// The dst and src must not overlap. It is valid to pass a nil dst.
+//
+// Decode handles the Snappy block format, not the Snappy stream format.
+func Decode(dst []byte, src []byte, maxDataSizeBytes int) ([]byte, error) {
+	dstLen, err := snappy.DecodedLen(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read snappy header: %w", err)
+	}
+	if maxDataSizeBytes > 0 && dstLen > maxDataSizeBytes {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("too big data size %d exceeding %d bytes", dstLen, maxDataSizeBytes)
+	}
+	return snappy.Decode(dst[:cap(dst)], src)
+}
diff --git a/lib/encoding/snappy/snappy_test.go b/lib/encoding/snappy/snappy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..063b93cdae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/encoding/snappy/snappy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package snappy
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/golang/snappy"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func TestDecodeOk(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(src []byte, want []byte, maxMemoryLimit int) {
+		t.Helper()
+		got, err := Decode(nil, src, maxMemoryLimit)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(string(want), string(got)); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected response (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+		}
+	}
+	// regular block, no limit
+	data := make([]byte, 32*1024)
+	encoded := snappy.Encode(nil, data)
+	f(encoded, data, 0)
+
+	// regular block, fits limit
+	f(encoded, data, 68*1024)
+}
+
+func TestDecodeFail(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(src []byte, maxMemoryLimit int) {
+		t.Helper()
+		_, err := Decode(nil, src, maxMemoryLimit)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected empty error")
+		}
+	}
+	// mailformed block
+	mailformed, err := hex.DecodeString("97eab4890a170a085f5f6e616d655f5f120b746573745f6d6574726963121009000000000000f03f10d48fc9b2a333")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BUG: unexpected hex encoded input: %s", err)
+	}
+	f(mailformed, 32*1024*1024)
+
+	// valid block exceeds maxMemoryLimit
+	data := make([]byte, 32*1024)
+	encoded := snappy.Encode(nil, data)
+	f(encoded, 1024)
+
+	// invalid block
+	f(nil, 0)
+}
diff --git a/lib/protoparser/promremotewrite/stream/streamparser.go b/lib/protoparser/promremotewrite/stream/streamparser.go
index 2087811ae0..f3d6c81b43 100644
--- a/lib/protoparser/promremotewrite/stream/streamparser.go
+++ b/lib/protoparser/promremotewrite/stream/streamparser.go
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding/snappy"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding/zstd"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompb"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
-	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 )
 
 var maxInsertRequestSize = flagutil.NewBytes("maxInsertRequestSize", 32*1024*1024, "The maximum size in bytes of a single Prometheus remote_write API request")
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ func Parse(r io.Reader, isVMRemoteWrite bool, callback func(tss []prompb.TimeSer
 			// The logic is preserved for backwards compatibility.
 			// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/8650
 			zstdErr := err
-			bb.B, err = snappy.Decode(bb.B[:cap(bb.B)], ctx.reqBuf.B)
+			bb.B, err = snappy.Decode(bb.B, ctx.reqBuf.B, maxInsertRequestSize.IntN())
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("cannot decompress zstd-encoded request with length %d: %w", len(ctx.reqBuf.B), zstdErr)
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		bb.B, err = snappy.Decode(bb.B[:cap(bb.B)], ctx.reqBuf.B)
+		bb.B, err = snappy.Decode(bb.B, ctx.reqBuf.B, maxInsertRequestSize.IntN())
 		if err != nil {
 			// Fall back to zstd decompression, since vmagent may send zstd-encoded messages
 			// without 'Content-Encoding: zstd' header if they were put into persistent queue before vmagent restart.
diff --git a/lib/protoparser/protoparserutil/compress_reader.go b/lib/protoparser/protoparserutil/compress_reader.go
index 309bcd47c3..f5b384c04f 100644
--- a/lib/protoparser/protoparserutil/compress_reader.go
+++ b/lib/protoparser/protoparserutil/compress_reader.go
@@ -5,17 +5,24 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zlib"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding/snappy"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding/zstd"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/writeconcurrencylimiter"
 )
 
+// snappy has default limit of 2_704_094_487 ( 2 GB)
+// which is too high for common VictoriaMetrics insert requests
+// limit to 56MB in order to prevent possible memory allocation attacks
+//
+// Later we could consider to make this limit configurable
+const maxSnappyBlockSize = 56_000_000
+
 // ReadUncompressedData reads uncompressed data from r using the given encoding and then passes it to the callback.
 //
 // The maxDataSize limits the maximum data size, which can be read from r.
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ func ReadUncompressedData(r io.Reader, encoding string, maxDataSize *flagutil.By
 		// Special case for snappy. The snappy data must be read in full and then decompressed,
 		// since streaming snappy encoding is incompatible with block snappy encoding.
 		decompress := func(dst, src []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-			return snappy.Decode(dst[:cap(dst)], src)
+			return snappy.Decode(dst, src, maxDataSize.IntN())
 		}
 		return readUncompressedData(wcr, maxDataSize, decompress, callback)
 	}
@@ -198,7 +205,7 @@ func (sr *snappyReader) Reset(r io.Reader) error {
 		compressedBufPool.Put(cbb)
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot read snappy-encoded data block: %w", err)
 	}
-	sr.b, err = snappy.Decode(sr.b[:cap(sr.b)], cbb.B)
+	sr.b, err = snappy.Decode(sr.b, cbb.B, maxSnappyBlockSize)
 	compressedBufPool.Put(cbb)
 	sr.offset = 0
 	if err != nil {