diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fd491e51..c61478140 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ key_refused`; against an older backend the previous behaviour stands.
 
 ### Skills
 
+- **Skill Hub installs no longer fail with "ADM-ZIP: No descriptor present"** —
+  the hub re-packs every uploaded skill to add its metadata file, and that
+  re-pack keeps each entry's "sizes follow the data" flag while never writing
+  the trailing record the flag promises. The ZIP reader the desktop app, the
+  TUI, and `codev skill pull` share refused exactly that shape, so a skill
+  uploaded from macOS Archive Utility, Windows Explorer, or most streaming
+  zippers (`outlook-local` was the reported one) could be browsed but never
+  installed. The reader now validates such entries against the sizes and
+  checksum the archive's central directory records, which is what every
+  other unzip tool does; genuinely corrupt data is still refused.
+
 - **Skill Stacks in the desktop app** — the Skill Hub now has two tabs,
   Skills and Skill Stacks. The Stacks tab lists the hub's stacks with their
   owner, skill and member counts and a preview of what's inside; Install
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 0125c7a07..004e7464d 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "@codev/gateway": "workspace:*",
-        "adm-zip": "0.5.16",
+        "adm-zip": "0.6.1",
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@tsconfig/bun": "catalog:",
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@
 
     "acorn-walk": ["acorn-walk@8.3.2", "", {}, "sha512-cjkyv4OtNCIeqhHrfS81QWXoCBPExR/J62oyEqepVw8WaQeSqpW2uhuLPh1m9eWhDuOo/jUXVTlifvesOWp/4A=="],
 
-    "adm-zip": ["adm-zip@0.5.16", "", {}, "sha512-TGw5yVi4saajsSEgz25grObGHEUaDrniwvA2qwSC060KfqGPdglhvPMA2lPIoxs3PQIItj2iag35fONcQqgUaQ=="],
+    "adm-zip": ["adm-zip@0.6.1", "", {}, "sha512-Xwrja8nx9e5o2N1my4DsKCeKpdrnACyr1wtbPxBDgGzKzKyE9kRtBFA8mWldI+RVlD7CBZNWY/wQ2+ydwOR6kQ=="],
 
     "agent-base": ["agent-base@7.1.4", "", {}, "sha512-MnA+YT8fwfJPgBx3m60MNqakm30XOkyIoH1y6huTQvC0PwZG7ki8NacLBcrPbNoo8vEZy7Jpuk7+jMO+CUovTQ=="],
 
diff --git a/packages/codev-skillhub/package.json b/packages/codev-skillhub/package.json
index 011b12629..a966c5808 100644
--- a/packages/codev-skillhub/package.json
+++ b/packages/codev-skillhub/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@codev/gateway": "workspace:*",
-    "adm-zip": "0.5.16"
+    "adm-zip": "0.6.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@tsconfig/bun": "catalog:",
diff --git a/packages/codev-skillhub/src/archive.ts b/packages/codev-skillhub/src/archive.ts
index ef20cdf87..04cb37ca5 100644
--- a/packages/codev-skillhub/src/archive.ts
+++ b/packages/codev-skillhub/src/archive.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ function isIgnoredFile(name: string): boolean {
 // is absolute or resolves outside the target root is rejected rather than
 // written. Directory entries are created; file entries are written verbatim.
 // Entry-count and cumulative-size caps bound a hostile archive (e.g. one pulled
-// from the hub) so it can't fill the disk. Note: adm-zip's getData() inflates a
-// single entry fully into memory, so a crafted per-entry decompression bomb is
-// still bounded only by the compressed input size (see downloadSkill's cap) —
-// the cumulative check below is a backstop against many/large honest entries.
+// from the hub) so it can't fill the disk. adm-zip (0.6+) inflates each entry
+// fully into memory but stops at the size its central header declares, and
+// inspectZip has already summed those declared sizes against the cap — the
+// cumulative check below is a backstop against many/large honest entries.
 export async function extractZip(buffer: Buffer, targetDir: string, limits: ArchiveLimits = SKILL_LIMITS) {
   return extractEntries(new AdmZip(buffer).getEntries(), targetDir, { limits })
 }
diff --git a/packages/codev-skillhub/test/archive.test.ts b/packages/codev-skillhub/test/archive.test.ts
index 14a988f52..ea265d5c0 100644
--- a/packages/codev-skillhub/test/archive.test.ts
+++ b/packages/codev-skillhub/test/archive.test.ts
@@ -103,3 +103,57 @@ describe("detectAndStripRoot", () => {
     expect(stripped).toBeNull()
   })
 })
+
+// The hub re-serializes every upload with adm-zip to inject _meta.json, and
+// adm-zip's writer keeps each original entry's general-purpose flags while
+// never emitting a data descriptor. An upload whose zipper set bit 3 (macOS
+// Archive Utility, Windows Explorer, most streaming zippers) therefore comes
+// back down with the descriptor flag set, real sizes and crc in both headers,
+// and no descriptor after the data. adm-zip 0.5.x refused exactly that shape
+// ("No descriptor present"); this rewrites a normal archive into it.
+function setDescriptorFlag(buffer: Buffer): Buffer {
+  const out = Buffer.from(buffer)
+  const LOCSIG = 0x04034b50
+  const CENSIG = 0x02014b50
+  for (let i = 0; i + 4 <= out.length; i++) {
+    const sig = out.readUInt32LE(i)
+    // general-purpose flags sit at +6 in a local header and +8 in a central one
+    if (sig === LOCSIG) out.writeUInt16LE(out.readUInt16LE(i + 6) | 0x08, i + 6)
+    if (sig === CENSIG) out.writeUInt16LE(out.readUInt16LE(i + 8) | 0x08, i + 8)
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+describe("an archive with the data-descriptor flag but no descriptor", () => {
+  const files = { "outlook-local/SKILL.md": "# outlook", "outlook-local/scripts/send.ps1": "Send-Mail" }
+
+  test("marks every entry as flagged", () => {
+    const zip = setDescriptorFlag(makeZip(files))
+    const entries = new AdmZip(zip).getEntries()
+    expect(entries.every((e) => (e.header.flags & 0x08) !== 0)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  test("inspects, strips its root, and extracts", async () => {
+    const zip = setDescriptorFlag(makeZip(files))
+    expect(inspectZip(zip).files.sort()).toEqual(["outlook-local/SKILL.md", "outlook-local/scripts/send.ps1"])
+
+    const { buffer, stripped } = detectAndStripRoot(zip)
+    expect(stripped).toBe("outlook-local")
+    expect(entryNames(buffer)).toEqual(["SKILL.md", "scripts/send.ps1"])
+
+    await extractZip(buffer, tempDir)
+    expect(readFileSync(join(tempDir, "SKILL.md"), "utf-8")).toBe("# outlook")
+    expect(readFileSync(join(tempDir, "scripts", "send.ps1"), "utf-8")).toBe("Send-Mail")
+  })
+
+  test("still rejects an entry whose bytes do not match the recorded crc", async () => {
+    const zip = setDescriptorFlag(makeZip({ "SKILL.md": "# outlook" }))
+    const entry = new AdmZip(zip).getEntry("SKILL.md")!
+    // Corrupt the stored crc in the central header; the data is unchanged.
+    const CENSIG = 0x02014b50
+    for (let i = 0; i + 4 <= zip.length; i++) {
+      if (zip.readUInt32LE(i) === CENSIG) zip.writeUInt32LE(entry.header.crc ^ 0xffffffff, i + 16)
+    }
+    await expect(extractZip(zip, tempDir)).rejects.toThrow(/CRC/i)
+  })
+})