SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2025-8088

CVE-2025-8088 on CISA KEV

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 ES

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / RARLAB / WinRAR
Added to KEV
2025-08-12
BOD 22-01 due
2025-09-02
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
8.4 HIGH · EPSS 6.77%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
win.rar GmbHWinRAR0

06Detection

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