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CVE-2025-8088: RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-8088
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 affecting the Windows version of WinRAR. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: RARLABproduct: WinRARPath traversalRemote code execution
What
A path traversal vulnerability could allow arbitrary code execution via malicious archive files.
Who is affected
Users of the Windows version of WinRAR.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is critical and has been exploited.
Action
Update to the latest version of WinRAR.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-08-12
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088

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-2025-8088coverage & 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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