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adm-zip 0.6.0 Decompression Bomb Guard Bypass via getDataAsync()

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

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.

Products
adm-zip
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-114103
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

adm-zip 0.6.0 Decompression Bomb Guard Bypass via getDataAsync()

core-cve · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2026, 00:37 UTC

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.

cve:CVE-2026-114103

adm-zip

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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