zip: legacy Shrink/Reduce/Implode decoder: denial of service from attacker-controlled ZIP64 uncompressed size
Affects zipSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 9.0.0 soon.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.5 |
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- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 9.0.0
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 26 Oct 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade zip to 9.0.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| crates.iozip | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
A fix is available in zip crate version 9.0.0. Users should upgrade to version 9.0.0 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Until upgrading, avoid enabling the legacy-zip feature or avoid extracting untrusted ZIP archives with legacy codecs enabled. No other mitigations are specified.
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the zip crate versions 5.1.0 up to but not including 9.0.0 when the legacy-zip feature is enabled. An attacker can craft a malicious ZIP64 archive with an uncompressed size set to an extremely large value, causing a capacity overflow panic in the Shrink decoder during extraction. This panic terminates the affected process, leading to denial of service. The issue arises because the decoder reserves output buffer capacity based on the uncompressed size from ZIP metadata before validating the compressed data size. This vulnerability is fixed in version 9.0.0.
References
- github.com/zip-rs/zip2/security/advisories/GHSA-9hj8-73fh-9963 (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115907 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/991 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/zip-rs/zip2/commit/8b4991288b79ad11cce201c2d785d5baa795bd3e (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/zip-rs/zip2 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/zip-rs/zip2/releases/tag/v9.0.0 (opens in a new tab)