Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting std/archive/zip package, versions >=1.16.0-0 <1.16.1
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed14 Apr 2021
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 14 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-27919 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/archive/zip to version 1.16.1 or higher.
Overview
std/archive/zip is a Go standard library package std/archive/zip
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion.
Go Vulnerability Report:
via the Reader.Open function when processing an archive containing a file with a path prefixed by "../". An attacker can cause a panic and disrupt service availability by supplying a specially crafted archive file.