CVE-2025-55188
published 2025-08-08CVE-2025-55188: 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
PriorityP415low3.6CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSCCNILAN
EPSS
0.69%
48.1th percentile
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-zip | 7-zip | < 25.01 | 25.01 |
| 7-zip | p7zip | >= 0 < 16.02+transitional.1 | 16.02+transitional.1 |
| debian | 7zip | < 7zip 25.01+dfsg-1 (forky) | 7zip 25.01+dfsg-1 (forky) |
| debian | p7zip | < 7zip 25.01+dfsg-1 (forky) | 7zip 25.01+dfsg-1 (forky) |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.13.6LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
osv3.6LOW
vendor_debian3.6LOW
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OSV
CVE-2025-55188: 7-Zip before 25
osv·2025-08-08·CVSS 3.6
CVE-2025-55188 [LOW] CVE-2025-55188: 7-Zip before 25
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
GHSA
GHSA-58pw-r2v4-pwjv: 7-Zip before 25
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-08-08
CVE-2025-55188 [LOW] CWE-59 GHSA-58pw-r2v4-pwjv: 7-Zip before 25
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Debian
CVE-2025-55188: 7zip - 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extract...
vendor_debian·2025·CVSS 3.6
CVE-2025-55188 [LOW] CVE-2025-55188: 7zip - 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extract...
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
forky: resolved (fixed in 25.01+dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 25.01+dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 25.01+dfsg-1~deb13u1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/compare/25.00...25.01https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.01https://github.com/lunbun/CVE-2025-55188/https://lunbun.dev/blog/cve-2025-55188/https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/da14cd780b/https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-detect-7-zip-vulnerable-versionhttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-mitigate-7-zip-vulnerabilityhttps://youtu.be/sWT6M1cfnwMhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/10/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/13/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/12/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/16/7
2025-08-08
Published