Rarlab vulnerabilities4 known to be exploited.
Rarlab has 38 published vulnerabilities across 4 products in our catalogue. 4 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Winrar, with 22. If you run Rarlab software, patch the exploited flaws first.
The most recent Rarlab flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2025-8088, on 12 August 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which Rarlab products have the most vulnerabilities?
Winrar leads with 22 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.
Which Rarlab vulnerabilities are being exploited?
4 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.
- 7.5RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
RARLAB UnRAR on Linux and UNIX contains a directory traversal vulnerability, allowing an attacker to write to files during an extract (unpack) operation.
- 7.8WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability leads to Remote Code Execution
Which Rarlab 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.
- >99%
RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
- 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...
- 10%CVE-2012-6706Critical
A VMSF_DELTA memory corruption was discovered in unrar before 5.5.5, as used in Sophos Anti-Virus Threat Detection Engine before 3.37.2 and other products, that can lead to arbitrary code execution.
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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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Our catalogue lists 38 published vulnerabilities across 4 products and 93 versions from Rarlab. The most recent Rarlab flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2025-8088, on 12 August 2025.
4 Rarlab vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2025-8088, CVE-2023-38831 and CVE-2022-30333. The full list is on this page.
Winrar, with 22 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.
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