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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-07-23 | Published 2025-08-08 | Updated 2025-09-15 | Assigner ESET




HIGH: 8.4CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date added 2025-08-12 | Due date 2025-09-02

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Problem types

CWE-35 Path traversal

Product status

Default status
unknown

Any version
affected

References

www.win-rar.com/...83&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5

cve.org (CVE-2025-8088)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-8088)

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