UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31988
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988
Upstream
Published
2026-03-11T23:16:00Z
Modified
2026-03-19T08:32:40.504022Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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 ERROUTOF_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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
node-yauzl

Package

Name
node-yauzl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yauzl@2.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-1",
            "binary_name": "node-yauzl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
node-yauzl

Package

Name
node-yauzl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yauzl@2.1.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.1.0-1
2.1.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "node-yauzl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
node-yauzl

Package

Name
node-yauzl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yauzl@2.10.0-2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10.0-1
2.10.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-2",
            "binary_name": "node-yauzl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
node-yauzl

Package

Name
node-yauzl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yauzl@2.10.0-3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10.0-2
2.10.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-3",
            "binary_name": "node-yauzl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
node-yauzl

Package

Name
node-yauzl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yauzl@2.10.0-4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10.0-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-4",
            "binary_name": "node-yauzl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
node-yauzl

Package

Name
node-yauzl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-yauzl@2.10.0-4?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10.0-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-4",
            "binary_name": "node-yauzl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31988.json"