CVE-2025-8088
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.945 · 100 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUNLRUUSadded 2025-08-12remediate by 2025-09-02
required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-22
RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (31)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- IsmaelCosma/CVE-2025-8088IsmaelCosma/CVE-2025-8088PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- NCSC-2025-0244Kwetsbaarheid verholpen in WinRARNL2025-08-11csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Rarlab heeft een kwetsbaarheid verholpen in WinRAR.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1749win.rar WinRAR: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2025-08-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in win.rar WinRAR ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-8088cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088cnnvd
- https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htmcnnvd
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-daycnnvd
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeocnnvd
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088cnnvd
- https://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0Patchcnnvd
- https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5cnnvd
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