CVE-2025-6218
RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- Jun 21, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- zdi
- Evidence observed
- Dec 9, 2025
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
6CVE-2025-6218 is a directory traversal vulnerability in WinRAR that allows an attacker to place files outside the intended extraction directory when a user extracts a specially crafted
Comprehensive analysis and proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-6218 - WinRAR path traversal RCE vulnerability affecting versions 7.11 and earlier
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