diff --git a/modelscan/modelscan.py b/modelscan/modelscan.py
index 228759b..4442f5e 100644
--- a/modelscan/modelscan.py
+++ b/modelscan/modelscan.py
@@ -91,11 +91,7 @@ def _iterate_models(self, model_path: Path) -> Generator[Model, None, None]:
             with Model(file) as model:
                 yield model
 
-                if (
-                    not _is_zipfile(file, model.get_stream())
-                    and Path(file).suffix
-                    not in self._settings["supported_zip_extensions"]
-                ):
+                if not _is_zipfile(file, model.get_stream()):
                     continue
 
                 try:
@@ -114,7 +110,7 @@ def _iterate_models(self, model_path: Path) -> Generator[Model, None, None]:
                                     continue
 
                                 yield Model(file_name, file_io)
-                except zipfile.BadZipFile as e:
+                except (zipfile.BadZipFile, RuntimeError) as e:
                     logger.debug(
                         "Skipping zip file %s, due to error",
                         str(model.get_source()),
diff --git a/tests/data/password_protected.zip b/tests/data/password_protected.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1dd460
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/password_protected.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/test_modelscan.py b/tests/test_modelscan.py
index 464d26c..7590e40 100644
--- a/tests/test_modelscan.py
+++ b/tests/test_modelscan.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import dill
 import pytest
 import requests
+import shutil
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -331,6 +332,10 @@ def file_path(tmp_path_factory: Any) -> Any:
 
     initialize_data_file(f"{tmp}/data/malicious14.pkl", malicious14_gen())
 
+    shutil.copy(
+        f"{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/data/password_protected.zip", f"{tmp}/data/"
+    )
+
     return tmp
 
 
@@ -1361,7 +1366,18 @@ def test_scan_directory_path(file_path: str) -> None:
         "benign0_v3.dill",
         "benign0_v4.dill",
     }
-    assert results["summary"]["skipped"]["skipped_files"] == []
+    assert results["summary"]["skipped"]["skipped_files"] == [
+        {
+            "category": "SCAN_NOT_SUPPORTED",
+            "description": "Model Scan did not scan file",
+            "source": "password_protected.zip",
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "BAD_ZIP",
+            "description": "Skipping zip file due to error: File 'test.txt' is encrypted, password required for extraction",
+            "source": "password_protected.zip",
+        },
+    ]
     assert results["errors"] == []