December 9, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2025-6218 — RARLAB WinRAR
RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-12-09- Federal due date
2025-12-30- Vendor
- RARLAB
- Product
- WinRAR
- EPSS
- 99.7th percentile (score 0.862, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6218
CISA short description
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.
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.
NVD description
RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of file paths within archive files. A crafted file path can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27198.