UBUNTU-CVE-2026-115909: High severity ubuntu/rust-zip vulnerability

Published Oct 26, 2026
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Updated

zip is a zip library for Rust that supports reading and writing simple ZIP files. From 1.3.0 until 9.0.0, ZipArchive::extract in src/read/mod.rs calls Vec::withcapacity for a symbolic link target using the attacker-controlled ZIP64 uncompressedsize before reading entry data. A small archive can request an impossible capacity, causing the infallible allocation path to abort the process before the entry is validated. The failure cannot be contained with catchunwind or a worker thread, allowing repeated denial of service in archive-processing applications. This issue is fixed in version 9.0.0.

Affected Software

5 affected components
ubuntu/rust-zip*
ubuntu/rust-zip*
ubuntu/rust-zip*
ubuntu/rust-zip*
ubuntu/rust-zip*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade zip to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 9.0.0

Event History

Oct 26, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·05:17 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·05:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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