# extract-zip (npm) vulnerabilities

2 known vulnerabilities (2 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 2.0.1 (Jun 10, 2020): affected by 2 advisories
- Newest unaffected release: Every release is affected by at least one advisory
- Weekly downloads: 29.2M
- Dependents: 27.9K
- Releases: 24 since 1.0.0 (Oct 17, 2014)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/extract-zip
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-19693: 1.0.0 to 2.0.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2026-56876: 1.0.0 to 2.0.1 (through the newest release)

## Advisories (2)

### [CVE-2026-19693](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-19693): extract-zip arbitrary file write outside the destination directory via a symlink at the final path component

- Severity: High 8.1
- Published: Aug 17, 2026
- Affected: from 1.0.0, through 2.0.1; through 2.0.1.
- No fix released. The latest release, 2.0.1, is still affected.
- 100% of extract-zip downloads last week were affected versions (33.9M).

### [CVE-2026-56876](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-56876): extract-zip unvalidated symlink path traversal

- Severity: High 8.1
- Published: Jun 26, 2026
- Affected: through 2.0.1.
- No fix released. The latest release, 2.0.1, is still affected.
- 100% of extract-zip downloads last week were affected versions (33.9M).

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