Uncaught Exception Affecting std/archive/zip package, versions <1.16.8>=1.17.0-0 <1.17.1
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed18 May 2022
- creditOSS-Fuzz Project, Emmanuel Odeke
Introduced: 18 May 2022
CVE-2021-39293 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/archive/zip to version 1.16.8, 1.17.1 or higher.
Overview
std/archive/zip is a Go standard library package std/archive/zip
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception.
Go Vulnerability Report:
via the NewReader or OpenReader functions when processing an archive that specifies an unusually large number of files. An attacker can trigger a panic or cause an unrecoverable fatal error by supplying a crafted archive with manipulated file count metadata.