CVE-2024-24789: Mishandling of corrupt central directory record in archive/zip

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The archive/zip package's handling of certain types of invalid zip files differs from the behavior of most zip implementations. This misalignment could be exploited to create an zip file with contents that vary depending on the implementation reading the file. The archive/zip package now rejects files containing these errors.

Affected products

Go: before 1.21.11; from 1.22.0 before 1.22.4 — fixed in 1.21.11, 1.22.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Go 1.21.11, 1.22.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/04/1
https://go.dev/cl/585397
https://go.dev/issue/66869
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/XbxouI9gY7k/m/TuoGEhxIEwAJ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5YAEIA6IUHUNGJ7AIXXPQT6D2GYENX7/
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2888
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/04/1
https://go.dev/cl/585397
https://go.dev/issue/66869
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/XbxouI9gY7k/m/TuoGEhxIEwAJ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5YAEIA6IUHUNGJ7AIXXPQT6D2GYENX7/
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2888

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