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CVE-2025-8088: Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 91/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Aug 12, 2025); it is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 2, 2025.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 94% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: clamav (Alpine:v3.24) 1.4.6-r0; clamav (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 1.5.4-160000.1.1; clamav (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 1.5.4-1.1.

Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to clamav (Alpine:v3.24) 1.4.6-r0; clamav (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 1.5.4-160000.1.1; clamav (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 1.5.4-1.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 8.4 · v4.0KEVWeaponized Fix available
Published
Aug 8, 2025
Updated
Aug 11, 2026
EPSS
94.0% · 99th percentile

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Action score

91

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS
33 / 40 · 8.4 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
28 / 30 · 94.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · ESET
8.4
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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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug 12, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 2, 2025.

Known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
rarlabwinrar
microsoftwindows
dtsearchdtsearch

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • dtsearch dtsearchbefore 2023.01
  • rarlab winrarbefore 7.13

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ESET). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • win.rar GmbH WinRAR

    • up to and including 7.12affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.24clamavbefore 1.4.6-r01.4.6-r0
openSUSE:Leap 16.0clamavbefore 1.5.4-160000.1.11.5.4-160000.1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedclamavbefore 1.5.4-1.11.5.4-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5clamavbefore 1.5.4-150400.13.11.11.5.4-150400.13.11.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7clamavbefore 1.5.4-150600.18.31.11.5.4-150600.18.31.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSclamavbefore 1.5.4-3.59.11.5.4-3.59.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0clamavbefore 1.5.4-160000.1.11.5.4-160000.1.1

Same product

rarlab: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-38831RARLAB WinRAR before 6.23 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user attempts to view a benign file within a ZIP archive.KEV
    91Now
  • CVE-2018-20250In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (inKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2025-6218RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityKEV
    88Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-31334Apr 3, 2025 · Issue that bypasses the "Mark of the Web" security warning function for files when opening a symbolic link that points to an executable file
    27Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-125119Jul 25, 2025 · WinRAR < 5.00 Filename Spoofing RCE
    40Plan
  • Later →CVE-2025-52331Nov 12, 2025 · Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the generate report functionality in Rarlab WinRAR 7.11, allows attackers to disclose user infor
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:clamav1.4.6-r0 · Alpine:v3.24Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:clamav1.5.4-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
suse:clamav1.5.4-160000.1.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×30

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:102025-08-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-08-11
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:442025-08-12
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:722025-08-13
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:552025-08-14
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-08-15
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:352025-08-16
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22025-08-17
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-08-19
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42025-08-20
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-08-21
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-08-26

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+2 d
  3. CISA KEV+4 d
  4. TodayNov 5, 2026+454 d
EPSS, last 120 days-1% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
A
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-35 · Path Traversal: '.../...//'

CVSS vector

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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