{"id":"CVE-2025-8088","title":"A path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files","summary":"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 Cherepano…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-35"],"vendor":"rarlab","product":"winrar","affected":["winrar < 7.13","dtsearch < 2023.01"],"patched":["winrar 7.13","dtsearch 2023.01"],"published":"2025-08-08","updated":"2026-08-11","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088","references":[{"url":"https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5","label":"security@eset.com"},{"url":"https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htm","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-day","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeo","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd","kev","in-the-wild","exploit-available"],"epss":0.94051,"epssPercentile":0.99845,"kev":true,"kevDateAdded":"2025-08-12","kevDueDate":"2025-09-02","kevRansomware":true,"exploited":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-11T16:47:03.653Z","exploits":{"github":31,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/aldisakti2/CVE-2025-8088-BUILDER-Winrar-Tool","https://github.com/jordan922/CVE-2025-8088","https://github.com/travisbgreen/cve-2025-8088"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:27:36.647Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2025-8088","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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\n     from ESET.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `winrar < 7.13`\n- `dtsearch < 2023.01`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `winrar 7.13`\n- `dtsearch 2023.01`","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":97,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":18.8,"exploitation":25,"ransomware":5},"changes":[{"seq":4873,"id":"CVE-2025-8088","ts":1788887212746,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":3756,"id":"CVE-2025-8088","ts":1788886329361,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2601,"id":"CVE-2025-8088","ts":1788883010436,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1630,"id":"CVE-2025-8088","ts":1788882410735,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":740,"id":"CVE-2025-8088","ts":1788881847949,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}