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CVE-2026-61449
HIGH

Grav: Decompression-bomb size cap bypassed by forged ZIP size in ZipArchiver/Installer

Published Jul 15, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Severity · CVSSHIGH · Not scored
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood0.30%
QFinch risk scoreNot available

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Grav: Decompression-bomb size cap bypassed by forged ZIP size in ZipArchiver/Installer

Publisher and source text is retained separately from QFinch interpretation.

QFinch assessment

The decompression-bomb bound added in 2.0.1 (commit 1c1003c) sums ZipArchive::statIndex($i)['size'] and rejects an archive whose declared uncompressed total exceeds system.gpm.archive.maxuncompressedsize (default 1 GiB) before extracting (ZipArchiver.php:77-86; same logic in GPM\Installer::unZip at Installer.php:228-238). statIndex()['size'] is the uncompressed size declared in the ZIP central directory, which is attacker-forgeable and is not checked against the actual inflated stream. An archive declaring 1 byte per entry passes the cap while extractTo() writes the real (large) content. The entry-count and nesting-depth caps count real structure and still hold; only the size dimension is defeated, so the disk-fill / inode-exhaustion case the bound targets is not prevented. Incomplete fix for GHSA-928x-9mpw-8h56.

Potential impact

A forged archive fills the disk / exhausts inodes during extraction. Reached via GPM\Installer::unZip (gpm install / direct-install / self-upgrade) and admin backup restore (ZipArchiver::extract). The archive bytes come from a package source or an admin upload, so the actor sits at admin/operator trust and a consented malicious package already has worse primitives.

Technical context

extract()/unZip() validate every entry up front, then call Folder::create + extractTo. The size check is: $stat['size'] is read from the central directory, which the archive author writes. libzip does not cross-check declared-vs-actual size during extractTo, so a forged-small value passes the gate and the real stream inflates to disk. The maxfiles (entry count) and maxdepth (entry-name segments) checks are not forgeable this way.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
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Evidence coverage

FIRST-EPSSCVE-LIST-V5NVD-MODIFIED
SSVC priority
LOW
Confidence
Not available
Aliases
None reported

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Sources and record history

  1. Security advisory ↗
  2. www.vulncheck.com ↗

Record history

Published Jul 15, 2026 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026