CVE-2026-92000CWE-409

CVE-2026-92000

High · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00684 · 52.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Published
2026-09-16T01:16Z
References (6)
https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip · [email protected]https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/blob/v0.6.0/methods/inflater.js · [email protected]https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/commit/491600683dacb6cb9fe0718a0eeb9cb5eb49afa6 · [email protected]https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/commit/8bc411184de1b5ca28138c53074fb61119994dde · [email protected]https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/security/advisories/GHSA-rcw4-f5rp-g42v · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/adm-zip-0.5.14-through-0.6.0-denial-of-service-via-zero-declared-uncompressed-size · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 15 SEP 20:56Z
    adm-zip 0.5.14 through 0.6.0 Denial of Service via Zero Declared Uncompressed Size
    cvelistv5