zip: Unbounded Symlink-Target Handling Can Abort Or Exhaust Memory During Extraction
zip is a zip library for Rust that supports reading and writing simple ZIP files. From 1.3.0 until 9.0.0, ZipArchive::extract in src/read/mod.rs calls Vec::with_capacity for a symbolic link target using the attacker-controlled ZIP64 uncompressed_size before reading entry data. A small archive can request an impossible capacity, causing the infallible allocation path to abort the process before the entry is validated. The failure cannot be contained with catch_unwind or a worker thread, allowing repeated denial of service in archive-processing applications. This issue is fixed in version 9.0.0.
- Products
- zip2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-115909
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
zip: Unbounded Symlink-Target Handling Can Abort Or Exhaust Memory During Extraction
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 26 Oct 2026, 16:39 UTC
zip is a zip library for Rust that supports reading and writing simple ZIP files. From 1.3.0 until 9.0.0, ZipArchive::extract in src/read/mod.rs calls Vec::with_capacity for a symbolic link target using the attacker-controlled ZIP64 uncompressed_size before reading entry data. A small archive can request an impossible capacity, causing the infallible allocation path to abort the process before the entry is validated. The failure cannot be contained with catch_unwind or a worker thread, allowing repeated denial of service in archive-processing applications. This issue is fixed in version 9.0.0.
cve:CVE-2026-115909
zip2
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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