CVE detail
CVE-2025-6218: RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
RARLAB · WinRAR
- Date added (KEV)
- Dec 09, 2025
- CISA due date
- Dec 30, 2025
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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Technical detail
From CISA
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.
https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=276&cHash=b5165454d983fc9717bc8748901a64f9 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6218
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- https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=276&cHash=388885bd3908a40726f535c026f94eb6Release Notes
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-409/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://foresiet.com/blog/apt-c-08-winrar-directory-traversal-exploit/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-6218US Government Resource
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/archive-terror-dissecting-the-winrar-cve-2025-6218-exploit-apt-c-08s-stealth-move/
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- CVE-2022-30333UnRAR, RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-20250WinRAR, WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability