{
  "id": "CVE-2025-8088",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2025-8088",
  "published": "2025-08-08T12:15:29.343Z",
  "modified": "2026-08-11T04:17:18.587Z",
  "score": 8.4,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "4.0",
  "vector": "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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
  "score_source": "eset.com",
  "epss": 0.94051,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99846,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2025-08-12",
    "due": "2025-09-02",
    "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.",
    "ransomware": "Known",
    "name": "RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "win.rar GmbH"
  ],
  "products": [
    "win.rar GmbH WinRAR"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-35"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": 8.4,
    "cvss_v31": 8.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.win-rar.com/singlenewsview.html?&L=0&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=283&cHash=a64b4a8f662d3639dec8d65f47bc93c5",
      "tags": [
        "Release Notes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/",
      "tags": [
        "Press/Media Coverage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://support.dtsearch.com/faq/dts0245.htm",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-detect-winrar-zero-day",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-8088-mitigate-winrar-zero-day-using-srp-and-ifeo",
      "tags": [
        "Mitigation",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-8088",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/#the-discovery-of-cve-2025-8088",
      "tags": [
        "Press/Media Coverage"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8088",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}