Medium 5.3Published Oct 21, 2026

CVE-2026-114103adm-zip 0.6.0 Decompression Bomb Guard Bypass via getDataAsync()

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-22 05:50 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 21, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

cthackers adm-zip cthackers:adm_zip (from the name)	from 0.6.0 before 0.6.1; 0.6.1 not affected	CNA record

References

https://github.com/cthackers/adm-zip/security/advisories/GHSA-c6fg-446q-cg94vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/adm-zip-0.6.0-decompression-bomb-guard-bypass-via-getdataasyncthird-party-advisory

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