adm-zip is a JavaScript library for creating and extracting ZIP archives in Node.js. Prior to 0.6.1, adm-zip applies the Unix permission bits stored in a zip entry directly to the extracted file via `fs.chmodSync()` when `keepOriginalPermission=true` is passed to `extractAllTo()`/`extractEntryTo()` — and it never filters the setuid/setgid/sticky bits out of those bits. A zip crafted by an attacker can therefore produce an extracted binary with mode `04755`. When extraction runs as root (the default posture in Docker builds, CI runners, and privileged install steps — the exact environments where this flag is used), the resulting root-owned setuid file is executed later by a lesser-privileged user, turning the attacker's code into a root execution. Version 0.6.1 fixes the issue.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-278
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important


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Cthackers adm-zip
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Cthackers adm-zip

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Description adm-zip is a JavaScript library for creating and extracting ZIP archives in Node.js. Prior to 0.6.1, adm-zip applies the Unix permission bits stored in a zip entry directly to the extracted file via `fs.chmodSync()` when `keepOriginalPermission=true` is passed to `extractAllTo()`/`extractEntryTo()` — and it never filters the setuid/setgid/sticky bits out of those bits. A zip crafted by an attacker can therefore produce an extracted binary with mode `04755`. When extraction runs as root (the default posture in Docker builds, CI runners, and privileged install steps — the exact environments where this flag is used), the resulting root-owned setuid file is executed later by a lesser-privileged user, turning the attacker's code into a root execution. Version 0.6.1 fixes the issue.
Title adm-zip extraction preserves SUID/SGID bits from untrusted ZIPs -> local privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-732
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-10-05T17:00:00.250Z

Updated: 2026-10-07T20:53:52.156Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T20:11:16.659Z

Link: CVE-2026-102282

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T20:53:46.571Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-05T17:17:08.110

Modified: 2026-10-07T21:17:07.297

Link: CVE-2026-102282

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-05T17:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-102282 - Bugzilla