ZIP Password Recovery 2.30 - 'ZIP File' Denial of Service
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
ZIP Password Recovery 2.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by providing maliciously crafted input. Attackers can create a specially prepared text file with specific characters to trigger an application crash when selecting a ZIP file.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00425 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Password Software | ZIP Password Recovery | 2.30 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- ZIP Password Recovery VendorTop Password Software Affected 2.30 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-37193
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwwj-gxrj-23x7
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
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- TI-2020-19327 MSN Password Recovery 1.30 - XML External Entity Injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2020-19350 MSN Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
- TI-2020-19326 Top Password Software Dialup Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
- TI-2020-19325 Top Password Firefox Password Recovery 2.8 - Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2020-37193 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-37193 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hwwj-gxrj-23x7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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