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CVE-2025-55188

7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 25.01
2 proofs of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • 7-Zip 7-Zip

    fixed in 25.01

References 11

sourceforge.net

GitHub · ip7z/7zip

openwall.com

youtu.be

lunbun.dev

GitHub · lunbun/CVE-2025-55188

vicarius.io

GitHub · hunters-sec/CVE-2025-55188-7z-exploit