yauzl contains an off-by-one error
yauzl (aka Yet Another Unzip Library) version 3.2.0 for Node.js contains an off-by-one error in the NTFS extended timestamp extra field parser within the getLastModDate() function. The while loop condition checks cursor < data.length + 4 instead of cursor + 4 <= data.length, allowing readUInt16LE() to read past the buffer boundary. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (process crash via ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE exception) by sending a crafted zip file with a malformed NTFS extra field. This affects any Node.js application that processes zip file uploads and calls entry.getLastModDate() on parsed entries. Fixed in version 3.2.1.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-31988US | — | — | ||
yauzl (aka Yet Another Unzip Library) version 3.2.0 for Node.js contains an off-by-one error in the NTFS extended timestamp extra field parser within the getLastModDate() function.… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/thejoshwolfe/yauzlPACKAGE
- https://github.com/thejoshwolfe/yauzl/commit/c4695215b05c6adffda613b9051a2a85429b33feWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31988ADVISORY
- https://www.codeant.ai/security-research/yauzl-denial-of-service-zip-file-crashWEB
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/yauzlWEB
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/yauzl-denial-of-service-via-off-by-one-error-in-ntfs-timestamp-parserWEB
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