CVE-2025-6218Known exploitationPublic exploit

Code execution via crafted archive path traversal

Published Jun 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Directory traversal in RARLAB WinRAR 7.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute code by inducing archive extraction. During extraction, WinRAR trusts a crafted archive path over the user-selected destination and writes files into unintended directories. Opening or extracting the malicious archive is required, and resulting code runs in the current user's context.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability90.54%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationReported
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Summary

What happened

Directory traversal in RARLAB WinRAR 7.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute code by inducing archive extraction. During extraction, WinRAR trusts a crafted archive path over the user-selected destination and writes files into unintended directories. Opening or extracting the malicious archive is required, and resulting code runs in the current user's context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-6218
Published
Jun 21, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
RARLAB
Product
WinRAR
Classifications
CWE-22, T1204.002, T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.11 (64-bit)

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

RARLAB · WinRARversion=7.11 (64-bit)

Published CVSS scores

7.8Zero Day InitiativeCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationReported
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
T1204.002User Execution Malicious File
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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