CVE-2025-8088: listed in the CISA KEV catalog

CVE-2025-8088 · CVSS 8.8 HIGH · EPSS 95% · KEV 2025-08-12

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.

Is CVE-2025-8088 exploited?

• Listed in the CISA KEV catalog on 2025-08-12.
• Federal remediation due 2025-09-02.
• Past that date by 347 days.
• EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 95%.
• Public exploit code: none found in monitored sources.

Which products and versions are affected?

No affected package list recorded here yet.

Is there a patch?

No patch identifier recorded here yet.

What PlainSec published about CVE-2025-8088

• Gamaredon Builds Persistence Through Cloud and WinRAR Abuse (2026-06-30)
• WinRAR Patched, But Ukraine Is Still Getting Hit (2026-06-10)
• WinRAR Archive Exploit Becomes a Persistent Spy Foothold (2026-05-17)
• 90 Zero-Days Hit Enterprise Security and Networking Devices (2026-03-07)

Primary sources

• NVD record
• CISA KEV catalog

What this record does not say

• No affected package data.
• No patch identifier.

KEV and EPSS are re-checked daily. Record last updated 2026-08-15.