CVE-2025-6218: RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 9 Dec 2025, 171 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

90.5%

EPSS score, percentile 99.8 of all scored records

How severe?

7.8 High

CVSS v3.0 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 30 Dec 2025. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Advisories and patches (1)

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• 7.11 (64-bit)

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 30 December 2025.

Advisories and patches

• vendor-provided URL (Vendor advisory)

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=276&cHash=b5165454d983fc9717bc8748901a64f9
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6218

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: unknown.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2025-6218 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 9 Dec 2025.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 30 Dec 2025.
• The CVE record was published on 21 Jun 2025, 171 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.0 base score of 7.8 (High), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 90.5% (percentile 99.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR. 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 file paths within archive files. A crafted file path can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27198.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

• ZDI-25-409

More exploited RARLAB vulnerabilities

• CVE-2025-8088: RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability (added 12 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2023-38831: RARLAB WinRAR Code Execution Vulnerability (added 24 Aug 2023)
• CVE-2022-30333: RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability (added 9 Aug 2022)
• CVE-2018-20250: WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability (added 15 Feb 2022)