# CVE-2022-30333: RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2022-30333: RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-30333
Last updated: 2026-10-01T19:08:47Z

- Published: 2022-05-09 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-01 19:08 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 99.2%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-08-09, federal due date 2022-08-30, ransomware use: Known

## Description

RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized\_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- RARLAB: UnRAR

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30333)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30333)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html)
- [https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/](https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/)
- [https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04)
- [https://www.rarlab.com/rar\_add.htm](https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm)
- [https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz](https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-30333 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2022-30333.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2022-30333 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:14:47.904Z