# GHSA-832g-3rcm-wcrf: A path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR allows the attackers to ex...

**Severity:** HIGH | **CVSS:** 8.8 | **Source:** ghsa

## 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
     from ESET.

## CVSS

- **Score:** 8.8
- **Vector:** `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Weakness

- [CWE-35](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/35.html)

## References

**Advisories:**
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-832g-3rcm-wcrf

**Other:**
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088
- https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-day
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeo
- https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htm
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088

## Related Identifiers

- CVE-2025-8088

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**Source:** https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-832g-3rcm-wcrf
**Published:** 2025-08-08
**Ingested:** 2026-02-16 16:34:12 UTC

## Reproduction Steps

_To be determined by the reproduction agent._