# CVE-2025-33027: Security feature bypass in Bandizip

> Attackers can bypass Mark-of-the-Web protections in Bandizip to execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening crafted archives.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xrq2-2h92-m6m8

## What is CVE-2025-33027?

CVE-2025-33027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bandisoft Bandizip, published on 15 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In Bandisoft Bandizip through 7.37, there is a Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web protection mechanism on affected installations of Bandizip. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of archived files. When extracting files from a crafted archive that bears the Mark-of-the-Web, Bandizip does not propagate the Mark-of-the-Web to the extracted files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. NOTE: this is disputed because Mark-of-the-Web propagation can increase risk via security-warning habituation, and because the intended control sphere for file-origin metadata (e.g., HostUrl in Zone.Identifier) may be narrower than that for reading the file's content.

Weakness: CWE-829 (Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere), CWE-830 (Inclusion of Web Functionality from an Untrusted Source)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33027?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bandisoft Bandizip.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-33027?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33027 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-33027 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-33027 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bandisoft Bandizip

- [CVE-2021-26623](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26623/): Bandisoft ARK Library Out-of-bound Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2014-1680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1680/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-33027 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-33027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bandisoft Bandizip, published on 15 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-33027 exists.

Affected product: Bandisoft Bandizip. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33027/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33027/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33027
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33027
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33027

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33027/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.