CVE-2026-76845

adm-zip 0.5.9 through 0.6.0 Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Following on Extraction

Published Aug 24, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
adm-zip 0.5.9 through 0.6.0 follows symbolic links at the extraction destination. Utils.sanitize in util/utils.js enforces containment by comparing only the string form of an archive entry name against the resolved extraction root, and Utils.writeFileTo opens the computed destination with fs.openSync(path, "w", 0o666), which resolves symbolic links and carries neither O_NOFOLLOW nor a pre-write fs.lstatSync check. When a path component at the destination already exists as a symbolic link pointing outside the extraction root, extractAllTo, extractAllToAsync and extractEntryTo write the entry contents through that link and then chmod its target, placing attacker-controlled content in a file outside the root without any traversal sequence appearing in the archive. Reaching the write requires overwrite to be enabled, because the preceding fs.existsSync check also resolves the link and otherwise declines. An attacker able to create a symbolic link inside a shared, reused or predictable extraction directory, such as a temporary directory or a continuous integration workspace, can overwrite any file the extracting process is permitted to write.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vwc7-r8mq-g2x9 adm-zip extraction follows destination symlinks, allowing arbitrary file overwrite
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Cthackers
Cthackers adm-zip
Vendors & Products Cthackers
Cthackers adm-zip
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Description adm-zip 0.5.9 through 0.6.0 follows symbolic links at the extraction destination. Utils.sanitize in util/utils.js enforces containment by comparing only the string form of an archive entry name against the resolved extraction root, and Utils.writeFileTo opens the computed destination with fs.openSync(path, "w", 0o666), which resolves symbolic links and carries neither O_NOFOLLOW nor a pre-write fs.lstatSync check. When a path component at the destination already exists as a symbolic link pointing outside the extraction root, extractAllTo, extractAllToAsync and extractEntryTo write the entry contents through that link and then chmod its target, placing attacker-controlled content in a file outside the root without any traversal sequence appearing in the archive. Reaching the write requires overwrite to be enabled, because the preceding fs.existsSync check also resolves the link and otherwise declines. An attacker able to create a symbolic link inside a shared, reused or predictable extraction directory, such as a temporary directory or a continuous integration workspace, can overwrite any file the extracting process is permitted to write.
Title adm-zip 0.5.9 through 0.6.0 Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Following on Extraction
First Time appeared Adm-zip Project
Adm-zip Project adm-zip
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:adm-zip_project:adm-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Adm-zip Project
Adm-zip Project adm-zip
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Aug 24, 2026, 4:25 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2026, 8:34 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 24, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 12, 2026, 3:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 24, 2026, 1:12 PM