# CVE-2025-8088

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-8088
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.4 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-35
- **Published:** Aug 8, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Aug 11, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- win.rar GmbH — WinRAR (0)

## References

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

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 94.55%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 99.8

## Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)

- **Date Added:** Aug 12, 2025
- **Due Date:** Sep 2, 2025

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._