December 9, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2025-6218 — RARLAB WinRAR
RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-12-09- Federal due date
2025-12-30- Vendor
- RARLAB
- Product
- WinRAR
- EPSS
- 90.6th percentile (score 0.057, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6218
CISA short description
RARLAB WinRAR contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user.
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.