7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/12/winrar-zero-day-cve-2025-8088-attacks/
https://databreaches.net/2025/08/11/7-zip-vulnerability-lets-hackers-write-files-and-run-malicious-code
https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/winrar-zero-day-under-active.html
https://youtu.be/sWT6M1cfnwM
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1
https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/da14cd780b/
https://lunbun.dev/blog/cve-2025-55188/
https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.01
https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/compare/25.00...25.01
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2025-08-08
Updated: 2025-08-18
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.0001
