CVE-2025-8088Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Aug 12, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Sep 2, 2025, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.4 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-35
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Aug 12, 2025; federal remediation due Sep 2, 2025; known ransomware useApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 94.51% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- ESET
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
win.rar GmbH WinRAR win.rar:winrar (from the name) | through 7.12 | CNA record |
rarlab winrar rarlab:winrar | before 7.13 | NVD |
dtsearch dtsearch dtsearch:dtsearch | before 2023.01 | NVD |
References
- https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5release-notes
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/press/media-coverage
- https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htmthird-party-advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-daythird-party-advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeomitigation, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088us-government-resource
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088press/media-coverage
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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