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CVE-2025-6218: RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-6218
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: RARLABproduct: WinRARPath traversal
What
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.
Who is affected
Users of WinRAR who have the vulnerable version installed.
Urgency
Immediate action is required as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
Action
Update to the latest version of WinRAR.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-12-09
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6218

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-6218coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for RARLAB WinRAR Path

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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