Description
adm-zip 0.6.0 contains a decompression bomb protection bypass that allows attackers to evade the maxOutputLength guard by targeting the asynchronous getDataAsync() path in methods/inflater.js. Attackers can craft ZIP entries with falsified small declared sizes and high-ratio DEFLATE payloads to exhaust memory in applications reading entries asynchronously.
Published: 2026-10-21
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description adm-zip 0.6.0 contains a decompression bomb protection bypass that allows attackers to evade the maxOutputLength guard by targeting the asynchronous getDataAsync() path in methods/inflater.js. Attackers can craft ZIP entries with falsified small declared sizes and high-ratio DEFLATE payloads to exhaust memory in applications reading entries asynchronously.
Title adm-zip 0.6.0 Decompression Bomb Guard Bypass via getDataAsync()
First Time appeared Adm-zip Project
Adm-zip Project adm-zip
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:adm-zip_project:adm-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Adm-zip Project
Adm-zip Project adm-zip
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Adm-zip Project Adm-zip
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T00:37:04.594Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T21:47:43.313Z

Link: CVE-2026-114103

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-21T01:17:36.060

Modified: 2026-10-21T01:17:36.177

Link: CVE-2026-114103

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