CVE-2025-6218
RARLAB WinRAR: Path Traversal
As of , CVE-2025-6218 in RARLAB WinRAR is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 9 December 2025
- US federal deadline
- 30 December 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.90Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: www.win-rar.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.
CISA's description
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.
The CVE record's description, from zdi
- CVE published
- 21 June 2025
- Assigned by
- zdi
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.0, from the CNA)
- CWE-22
- Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
WinRAR: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-20250Absolute Path Traversal | RARLAB WinRAR | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.96; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.96 | ||
| CVE-2023-38831Code Execution | RARLAB WinRAR | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2025-8088Path Traversal | RARLAB WinRAR | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.94 | 0.94 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org