Winrar vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Winrar is made by Rarlab. We track 22 published vulnerabilities in it, across 61 versions. 3 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 12 August 2025. If you run Winrar, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.
The most recent Winrar flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2025-8088, on 12 August 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which versions of Winrar do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 7.13" means every version up to, but not including, 7.13. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2025-8088Exploited list, 12 Aug 2025
RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
before 7.13 - CVE-2023-38831Exploited list, 24 Aug 2023
RARLAB WinRAR Code Execution Vulnerability
before 6.23 - CVE-2018-20250Exploited list, 15 Feb 2022
WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
up to 5.61
Which Winrar vulnerabilities are being exploited?
3 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 8.8RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR.
- 7.8RARLAB WinRAR Code Execution Vulnerability
RARLAB WinRAR contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute code when a user attempts to view a benign file within a ZIP archive.
- 7.8WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability leads to Remote Code Execution
Which Winrar flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%
RARLAB WinRAR before 6.23 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user attempts to view a benign file within a ZIP archive.
- 96%
In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, There is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll).
- 95%
A path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files.
- 31%CVE-2018-20251Medium
In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.61, there is path traversal vulnerability when crafting the filename field of the ACE format.
- 23%CVE-2022-43650High
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR 6.11.0.0.
- 11%CVE-2023-40477High
RARLAB WinRAR Recovery Volume Improper Validation of Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- 10%CVE-2004-1254Critical
WinRAR 3.40, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP file containing a file with a long filename, possibly causing an integer overflow that leads to a buffer overflow.
- 10%CVE-2004-0234Critical
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_header function in header.c for LHA 1.14, as used in products such as Barracuda Spam Firewall, allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via long...
- 8.8%CVE-2005-3262High
Format string vulnerability in RARLAB WinRAR 2.90 through 3.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a UUE/XXE file, which are not properly handled when WinRAR displays...
- 7.9%CVE-2006-3845Critical
Stack-based buffer overflow in lzh.fmt in WinRAR 3.00 through 3.60 beta 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a LHA archive.
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RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files.
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We track 22 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Winrar, across 61 versions. The most recent Winrar flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2025-8088, on 12 August 2025.
3 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2025-8088, CVE-2023-38831 and CVE-2018-20250.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2025-8088, affects before 7.13. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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