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CVE-2025-8088

8.4 HIGH Known exploited Published 2025-08-08 Modified 2026-08-11 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability — RARLAB WinRAR

RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files.

Added to KEV: 2025-08-12
Remediation due: 2025-09-02
Ransomware use: Known
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2025-08-08
Last modified: 2026-08-11
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected]): 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-35

Description

A path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild and was discovered by Anton Cherepanov, Peter Košinár, and Peter Strýček from ESET.

Affected configurations

• rarlab winrar (< 7.13) • dtsearch dtsearch (< 2023.01)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//' weakness

References