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Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR

Published Aug 8, 2025 · Updated Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by ESET

Vendor: Win-Rar Product: WinRAR Package: clamav Ecosystem: Alpine

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
win.rar WinRAR ≤ 7.12 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 clamav 1.5.4-150600.18.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4180-1
SLES 15 SP6 clamav 1.5.4-150600.18.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4180-1
SLES 15 SP5 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1
SLES 15 SP4 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1
SLES 12 SP5 clamav 1.5.4-3.59.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4179-1
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 clamav 1.5.4-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23727-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23706-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 clamav 1.5.4-150600.18.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4180-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1
SLES 16.0 clamav 1.5.4-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23727-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23706-1
SLE Micro 5.5 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 clamav 1.5.4-150400.13.11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4208-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed clamav 1.5.4-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11583-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 clamav 1.5.4-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21831-1

Alpine

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 clamav 1.4.6-r0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 30 repositories · most starred shown

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 9

References