CVE-2025-55188
What it is
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 3.6 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- 7-zip < 25.01
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 3.6
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-55188.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-55188. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
References
- https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/compare/25.00...25.01
- https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.01
- https://github.com/lunbun/CVE-2025-55188/
- https://lunbun.dev/blog/cve-2025-55188/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/da14cd780b/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-detect-7-zip-vulnerable-version
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-mitigate-7-zip-vulnerability
- https://youtu.be/sWT6M1cfnwM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/12/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/16/7