CVE-2025-8088

8.8 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: August 08, 2025 Modified: October 30, 2025
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5
Source: security@eset.com
Release Notes
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Press/Media Coverage
https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-day
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeo
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource
https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Press/Media Coverage

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2025-09-02

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-35

Affected Vendors

rarlab dtsearch microsoft

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