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TI-2026-62130 Aliases CVE-2026-92000GHSA-ffxc-vw9f-x2cp

adm-zip 0.5.14 through 0.6.0 Denial of Service via Zero Declared Uncompressed Size

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-409Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

adm-zip versions 0.5.14 through 0.6.0 fail to apply zlib decompression output limits when ZIP entries declare zero uncompressed size. Attackers can craft malicious ZIP archives with highly compressible entries declaring zero size to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00684 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial adm-zip (cthackers): 0.6.1Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
cthackersadm-zip0.5.14 to before 0.6.10.6.1Patch availableCNA
  • adm-zip Vendorcthackers Affected 0.5.14 to before 0.6.1 Fixed in 0.6.1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA adm-zip (cthackers) Fixed in 0.6.1

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:84734 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Critical
    RHOAI 3.4.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
    • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-payload-processing-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 +47
  • RHSA-2026:74609 Released 2026-10-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    Cluster Observability Operator 1.5.3
    • Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/alertmanager-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/cluster-observability-rhel9-operator, registry.redhat.io/cluster-observability-operator/distributed-tracing-console-plugin-pf4-rhel9 +13
  • RHSA-2026:72722 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible plug-ins for Red Hat Developer Hub Product Release Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2026:72712 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible plug-ins for Red Hat Developer Hub Product Release Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Build of Podman DesktopAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Fuse 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet
Cluster Observability Operator 1.5Fixed RHSA-2026:74609
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1Fixed RHSA-2026:72712
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2Fixed RHSA-2026:72722
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4Fixed RHSA-2026:84734
Not affected: 9 products
  • Cluster Observability Operator 1.5
  • Cost Management On Premise
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92000
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffxc-vw9f-x2cp
  3. 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-10 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-12 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
  7. 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · Red Hat
  8. 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  9. 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  10. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  11. 2026-11-05 Fix available: Cluster Observability Operator 1.5 · Red Hat

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-78715 Denial of service in adm-zip via unhandled error in inflateAsync CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-53963 adm-zip: Uncontrolled memory allocation via the declared uncompressed size (DoS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-78716 Decompression bomb guard bypass in adm-zip exhausts memory CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-78717 Duplicate ZIP entry names bypass validation in adm-zip CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-67762 adm-zip extraction keeps setuid bits from untrusted ZIP files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-78718 Privilege escalation in adm-zip via setuid bits on extracted files CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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