# CVE-2025-8088: Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR

> CVE-2025-8088: Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-8088
Last updated: 2026-08-11T04:17:18Z

- Published: 2025-08-08 11:11 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-11 04:17 UTC · Assigner: ESET
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 94.5%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2025-08-12, federal due date 2025-09-02, ransomware use: Known
- CWE: CWE-35

## 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.

## CISA 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- win.rar GmbH: WinRAR

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8088)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088)
- [https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx\_ttnews%5Btt\_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5](https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-8088 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-8088.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-8088 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:47.974Z