# RUSTSEC-2025-0172: `zip-extract` is unmaintained; use the `zip >= 2.4.0` crate instead


- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2025

## What is RUSTSEC-2025-0172?

RUSTSEC-2025-0172 is a vulnerability in zip-extract, published on 16 Jul 2025. 

### Official description

The [`zip-extract`](https://crates.io/crates/zip-extract) crate has been
explicitly deprecated by its author on [Jul 16, 2025](https://github.com/MCOfficer/zip-extract/commit/2950ec98d33b6e752b4f0976d67d89feb6f4acde), and the repository
was archived on [Sep 8, 2025](https://github.com/MCOfficer/zip-extract).

The author added deprecation notices [README](https://github.com/MCOfficer/zip-extract/commit/2950ec98d33b6e752b4f0976d67d89feb6f4acde#diff-b335630551682c19a781afebcf4d07bf978fb1f8ac04c6bf87428ed5106870f5R1-R8)
stating that the functionality is now available directly in the [`zip`](https://crates.io/crates/zip) crate
via [`ZipArchive::extract`](https://docs.rs/zip/8.6.0/zip/read/struct.ZipArchive.html#method.extract)
(available since zip 0.6.0) and
[`ZipArchive::extract_unwrapped_root_dir`](https://docs.rs/zip/8.6.0/zip/read/struct.ZipArchive.html#method.extract_unwrapped_root_dir)
(available since zip 2.4.0).

If you are using [`zip-extract`](https://crates.io/crates/zip-extract), switch to the
[`zip >= 2.4.0`](https://crates.io/crates/zip) crate and use the methods above instead.

## Which versions are affected by RUSTSEC-2025-0172?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including zip-extract.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `zip-extract` | crates.io | From 0.0.0-0 | None |

## How do I fix RUSTSEC-2025-0172?

No fix has been published for RUSTSEC-2025-0172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is RUSTSEC-2025-0172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of RUSTSEC-2025-0172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for RUSTSEC-2025-0172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: RUSTSEC-2025-0172 is a vulnerability in zip-extract, published on 16 Jul 2025. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of RUSTSEC-2025-0172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- zip-extract (crates.io): affected from 0.0.0-0; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/RUSTSEC-2025-0172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/RUSTSEC-2025-0172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2025-0172

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/RUSTSEC-2025-0172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.