CVE-2024-24789: Mishandling of corrupt central directory record in archive/zip
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-24789 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in go standard library archive/zip. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 23 · Related 696Showing 100 of 705.
Timeline
- 05-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 13-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.44%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
39%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.45% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard198 products
- aactl< 0.4.12-r13
- actions-runner-controller< 0.9.2-r1
- actions-runner-controller-fips< 0.9.2-r2
- addon-resizer< 1.8.21-r1
- addon-resizer-fips< 1.8.21-r3
Alpine2 products
- forgejo< 7.0.4-r0
- go≥ 1.22.0, < 1.22.4-r0
2 vendors · 200 products · Showing 200 of 860
References
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- pkg.go.devWEB