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High · 7.1 Public exploit CVE-2026-102282 EUVD-2026-92493GHSA-j5f4-cc29-5x44

adm-zip extraction preserves SUID/SGID bits from untrusted ZIPs -> local privilege escalation

Published Oct 5, 2026 · Updated Oct 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cthackers adm-zip < 0.6.1 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 2 repositories

  • x86byte/adm-zip_LPE-PoC ★ 11 · Sep 23, 2026

    CVE-2026-102282: Local Privilege Escalation via SUID/SGID preservation during archive extraction

  • Ahmed-Elmahgob/POC-CVE-2026-102282 ★ 0 · Oct 2, 2026

    CVE-2026-102282: adm-zip LPE via SUID/SGID preservation during archive extraction (fixed in 0.6.1)

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm adm-zip < 0.6.1 0.6.1 GHSA-j5f4-cc29-5x44

References