CVE-2025-8088

HIGHCVSS 8.8Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088

Remediation deadline: September 2, 2025

Ransomware use: Known

Description

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.

Timeline

Published:August 8th, 2025 12:15 PM

Last modified:August 11th, 2026 4:17 AM

Added to KEV:August 12th, 2025

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

rarlabdtsearch

Products

winrardtsearch

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-35

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5Release Notes
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/Press/Media Coverage
https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htmThird Party Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-dayThird Party Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeoMitigation
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088US Government Resource
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088Press/Media Coverage

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute