CVE-2026-92000
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
8.7
VIR risk
7.5
Description
adm-zip versions 0.5.14 through 0.6.0 fail to apply zlib decompression output limits when ZIP entries declare zero uncompressed size. Attackers can craft malicious ZIP archives with highly compressible entries declaring zero size to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip
- https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/blob/v0.6.0/methods/inflater.js
- https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/commit/491600683dacb6cb9fe0718a0eeb9cb5eb49afa6
- https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/commit/8bc411184de1b5ca28138c53074fb61119994dde
- https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/security/advisories/GHSA-rcw4-f5rp-g42v
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/adm-zip-0.5.14-through-0.6.0-denial-of-service-via-zero-declared-uncompressed-size
CWEs
CWE-409
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.