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CVE-2026-77301: cthackers adm-zip · Excessive Memory Allocation

Affects cthackers adm-zipSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 0.6.1 soon.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
cthackersadm-zipAffected
  • <0.6.1
Fixed in
  • 0.6.1
npmadm-zippkg:npm/adm-zipOther threatsAffected
  • <0.6.1
Fixed in
  • 0.6.1

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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.

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