CVE-2022-48579 — Link Following in Unrar

CWE-59 — Link Following9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Rarlab Unrar
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMar 12

Description

UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDrarlab/unrar< 6.2.3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
unrar-nonfree vulnerabilities↗2025-03-12
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CVEList
CVE-2022-48579: UnRAR before 6↗2023-08-07
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GHSA
GHSA-pg3x-qpq9-p4v6: UnRAR before 6↗2023-08-07
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OSV
CVE-2022-48579: UnRAR before 6↗2023-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
UnRAR vulnerabilities↗2025-03-12
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Outside In Core (unrar) — CVE-2022-48579↗2024-04-15
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Microsoft
UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.↗2023-08-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-48579: unrar-nonfree - UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder ...↗2022
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CVE-2022-48579 — Link Following in Rarlab Unrar | cvebase