CVE-2025-8088 (GCVE-0-2025-8088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-08 11:11 – Updated: 2026-08-11 03:55
VLAI
Title
Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR
Summary
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.
Severity
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
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-11 00:00 UTC
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
win.rar GmbH WinRAR Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.12 (custom)
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