CVE-2026-77301: cthackers adm-zip · Excessive Memory Allocation
Affects cthackers adm-zipSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 0.6.1 soon.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 0.6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade cthackers adm-zip to 0.6.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cthackersadm-zip | Affected
| Fixed in
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npmadm-zippkg:npm/adm-zipOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Upgrade adm-zip to version 0.6.1 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Until upgraded, avoid processing ZIP archives from untrusted sources to prevent potential memory exhaustion.
Description
adm-zip is a JavaScript library for creating and extracting ZIP archives in Node.js. Prior to 0.6.1, getData() in zipEntry.js trusts an entry's central-directory uncompressed size and allocates output memory before validating that value against the actual compressed data and decompression result. A small crafted ZIP can declare a multi-gigabyte uncompressed size, causing Buffer.alloc and decompression handling to commit excessive resident memory before CRC validation reports an error. Applications that read entries from untrusted archives can therefore be terminated by the operating system or suffer service-wide memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.1.