{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-8088 in the wild since at least 12 Aug 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 2 Sep 2025.","what":"CVE-2025-8088 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in win.rar GmbH WinRAR, published on 8 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8088 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-8088 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in win.rar GmbH WinRAR, published on 8 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-8088 in the wild since at least 12 Aug 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: win.rar GmbH WinRAR. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8088/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8088/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-8088","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8088/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-8088","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-832g-3rcm-wcrf","MINI-9hmf-624v-wh2w","MINI-r98c-2pfh-2854"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WinRAR archive utility","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files, requiring users to update WinRAR to mitigate this actively exploited vulnerability.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ESET","cpe":[{"product":"dtsearch","vendor":"dtsearch"},{"product":"winrar","vendor":"rarlab"}],"cvss":{"score":8.4,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-35","name":"Path Traversal: '.../...//'"}],"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\n     from ESET.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2025-08-10","github_poc":30,"max_poc_stars":71,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2025-08-13T11:05:46Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/sxyrxyy/CVE-2025-8088-WinRAR-Proof-of-Concept-PoC-Exploit-","stars":71,"title":"CVE-2025-8088 WinRAR Proof of Concept (PoC-Exploit)"},{"date":"2025-08-14T00:36:24Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/onlytoxi/CVE-2025-8088-Winrar-Tool","stars":55,"title":"Advanced WinRAR Path Traversal Exploit Tool for CVE-2025-8088"},{"date":"2025-09-04T13:33:07Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/hexsecteam/CVE-2025-8088-Winrar-Tool","stars":50,"title":"A sophisticated GUI tool for creating malicious RAR archives that exploit the WinRAR path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) using ADS and RAR5 header manipulation."},{"date":"2025-08-12T13:16:47Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/knight0x07/WinRAR-CVE-2025-8088-PoC-RAR","stars":44,"title":"WinRAR 0day CVE-2025-8088 PoC RAR Archive"},{"date":"2025-08-16T06:12:34Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/pentestfunctions/CVE-2025-8088-Multi-Document","stars":35,"title":"Exploit systems using older WinRAR without knowing their username (unlike other projects)"},{"date":"2025-08-26T20:37:24Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/AdityaBhatt3010/CVE-2025-8088-WinRAR-Zero-Day-Path-Traversal","stars":12,"title":"An engaging walkthrough on uncovering, patching, and securing the WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 with a hands-on hacker’s twist."},{"date":"2025-08-10T18:45:39Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/jordan922/CVE-2025-8088","stars":10,"title":"Python tool for safe archive handling, path traversal awareness, and secure extraction. Inspired by CVE-2025-8088."},{"date":"2025-08-27T06:32:31Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/pentestfunctions/best-CVE-2025-8088","stars":10,"title":"Winrar CVE exploitation before 7.13 using multiple ADS streams on a single file (Custom PDF implementation)"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2025-8088","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-08-12","dueDate":"2025-09-02","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"WinRAR","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"RARLAB","vulnerabilityName":"RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Advanced iFrame \u003c= 2025.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2025-8089"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in AMD Power Design Manager (PDM) Software Un-Installer","id":"CVE-2025-8087"},"products":["WinRAR"],"published":"2025-08-08","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-11488","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-05-29"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-11","vendors":["win.rar GmbH"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files, requiring users to update WinRAR to mitigate this actively exploited vulnerability.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8088/"}