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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2026-31988)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-31988)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
438822	SCA: security update for yauzl (GHSA-gmq8-994r-jv83)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
438822	SCA: security update for yauzl (GHSA-gmq8-994r-jv83)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
302194	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-31988	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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CVE-2026-31988

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