CVE-2025-8088 - RARLAB WinRAR
AI Vulnerability ContextA 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.
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CISA KEVHIGH
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-8088
- Vendor/project
- RARLAB
- Product
- WinRAR
- Vulnerability name
- RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2025-08-12
- Due date
- 2025-09-02
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- CVSS v4
- 8.4
CWE-35
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-datasecurity@eset.comhttps://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htmaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-dayaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeo134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088