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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-6218

RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published Jun 20, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · RARLAB WinRAR

Patch now

CVE-2025-6218 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 30, 2025. Confirm RARLAB WinRAR against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
90.48%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe rarlab/winrar · vendor RARLAB WinRAR

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.

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  • cpe rarlab/winrarversion unspecified
  • vendor RARLAB WinRARversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-6218

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-6218 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 30, 2025. Confirm RARLAB WinRAR against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 90.48%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 20, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 c

  2. Dec 9, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Dec 30, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 c

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-6218

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-6218

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-6218

    30-day exploitation probability 90.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-6218

    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 malic

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-6218

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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.