CVE-2025-6218 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability in RARLAB WinRAR for Windows, allowing remote code execution through crafted archive files. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file, to exploit, enabling attackers to execute code in the context of the current user. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention. Despite active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is not currently available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.