CVE-2025-61728

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.04%

Excessive CPU consumption when building archive index in archive/zip

Published: 1/28/2026Modified: 5/21/2026

Description

archive/zip uses a super-linear file name indexing algorithm that is invoked the first time a file in an archive is opened. This can lead to a denial of service when consuming a maliciously constructed ZIP archive.

Affected packages (5)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (7)