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CVE-2025-8088

RARLAB — RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability

RARLAB · CWE-35 · in CISA KEV since 2025-08-12

KEV since 2025 · listed over a yearRansomwareCISA KEVActively Exploited
91

EVRS 91 of 100 Immediate

Patch Immediately

Rank 122 of 2,960 tracked

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Why it scores 91

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and associated with known ransomware campaigns.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareApplied
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

Patch or fixed version identified

CISA required action

Fixed in

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 -> clamav-0:1.5.4-160000.1.1.aarch64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 -> clamav-0:1.5.4-3.59.1.aarch64 | Open Enterprise Server 25.4 -> clamav-0:1.5.4-150600.18.31.1.aarch64 | Open Enterprise Server 23.4 -> clamav-0:1.5.4-150400.13.11.1.aarch64 | openSUSE Tumbleweed -> clamav-0:1.5.4-1.1.aarch64 | openSUSE Leap 16.0 -> clamav-0:1.5.4-160000.1.1.aarch64

Affected versions

  • winrar< 7.13
  • dtsearch< 2023.01
  • windows

Remediation

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

Fixed versions from NVD.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 8.4 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.945 (99.86th pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Known CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2025-09-02 · KEV since 2025 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. None known Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 8.4 (v4.0), assigned by ESET. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

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.

What CISA says to do