⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2025-12-09. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-12-30. Required 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..
CVE-2025-6218 — Path Traversal in Winrar
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.8%
top 10.54%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2025-12-09
Due 2025-12-30
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 21
KEV addedDec 9
KEV dueDec 30
Latest updateJan 6
CISA Required 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.
Description
RARLAB WinRAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of file paths within archive files. A crafted file path can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can lever…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9