Threats / RARLAB / CVE-2025-8088
CVE-2025-8088
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
RARLAB WinRAR vulnerability
WinRAR for Windows contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted archive files.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A path traversal flaw in WinRAR enables code execution when processing malicious archives. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, presenting immediate risk to users who extract untrusted RAR files.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
50 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-08-12).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.81348 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: RARLAB, WinRAR. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-35 CWE-35 — weakness family: Path traversal / file.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious RAR archive with path traversal sequences that escape the intended extraction directory.
Business
Users unknowingly extract archives containing files placed in system or application directories.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I position executable files or scripts to overwrite legitimate binaries or configuration files during extraction.
Business
Legitimate applications or system processes load compromised files, enabling code execution in user context.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I distribute the malicious archive through email, file sharing, or compromised websites targeting WinRAR users.
Business
Endpoints become compromised when users extract archives, leading to data theft, malware installation, or lateral movement.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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