August 12, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2025-8088 — RARLAB WinRAR
RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-08-12- Federal due date
2025-09-02- Vendor
- RARLAB
- Product
- WinRAR
- EPSS
- 99.6th percentile (score 0.809, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 8.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088
CISA short description
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files.
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
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.