KEV · Actively exploited

CVE-2025-8088

CVE-2025-8088 is actively exploited (CISA KEV catalog) : high severity (CVSS 8.8), 1 tracked app concerned, none still exposed on their current version.

Severity (CVSS): 8.8
Exploitation: Confirmed
Tracked apps: 1
Still exposed: 0

Published on 2025-08-08

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.

Attack vector : Network No privileges required

Show raw CVSS vector

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

EPSS 94.05% predictive model; CISA confirms active exploitation percentile 99.8%

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV: 2025-08-12
Remediation deadline: 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.
Ransomware: Yes, known ransomware campaign

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

WinRAR Windows winget:RARLab.WinRAR

Affected <7.13 Fixed in 7.13 Latest tracked 7.23.0 patched

Observed affected builds (15)

7.12.0 7.11.0 7.10.0 7.01.0 7.00.0 6.24.0 6.23.0 6.22.0 6.21.0 6.20.0 6.11.0 6.10.0 6.00 5.91 5.90

Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
rarlab	winrar All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	<7.13	cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar::::::::

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