CVE-2026-31988

MEDIUM

yauzl 3.2.0 - Denial of Service via Off-by-One Error in NTFS Timestamp Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

yauzl (aka Yet Another Unzip Library) version 3.2.0 for Node.js contains an off-by-one error in the NTFS extended timestamp extra field parser within the getLastModDate() function. The while loop condition checks cursor < data.length + 4 instead of cursor + 4 <= data.length, allowing readUInt16LE() to read past the buffer boundary. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (process crash via ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE exception) by sending a crafted zip file with a malformed NTFS extra field. This affects any Node.js application that processes zip file uploads and calls entry.getLastModDate() on parsed entries. Fixed in version 3.2.1.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 37.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-193
Status published
Products (3)
npm/yauzl 0 - 3.2.1npm
thejoshwolfe/yauzl 3.2.0 - 3.2.1
thejoshwolfe/yauzl 3.2.1
Published Mar 11, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 12, 2026