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CVE-2025-8088

HIGH ⌖ ON CISA KEV · EXPLOITED

DETAIL

SourceCISA-KEV · kev Published2025-08-12 Referencehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088 ↗

⚡ RCE ⌖ EXPLOITED IN THE WILD SHAME 72/100 rceexploited-in-wildunpatched

WinRAR RCE due to path traversal

WinRAR for Windows allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code via malicious archives, as actively exploited in the wild.

Shame score — Critical RCE in widely used archiver exploited actively.

▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Actively exploited (CISA KEV) — remediate now, ahead of your normal patch cycle.

PLAYERS IMPLICATED

RARLAB · vendor WinRAR · product

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.

AFFECTED FEDRAMP PRODUCTS · 0

No correlated FedRAMP products.