TL;DR: WinRAR has a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) allowing remote code execution via directory traversal in Windows versions. This exploit risks sensitive data and system integrity.

A significant security exploit in WinRAR, the popular file archiver software, was recently reported via Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative. The directory traversal vulnerability identified as ...

An unpatched, critical remote code execution flaw within WinRAR's SFX archive features has been disclosed by a researcher. WinRAR, available for Windows users, is an unzipping tool able to decompress ...

Users of the popular file-compression tool are urged to immediately update after a serious code-execution flaw was found in WinRAR. Popular Windows data compression tool WinRAR has patched a serious ...

Users are advised to upgrade their WinRAR installations to fix two high-severity flaws that attackers could exploit to execute arbitrary code. The RAR archive format, which is associated with WinRAR, ...

In brief: Last week, a researcher discovered a vulnerability in older trial versions of the WinRAR file compression software. It allows for remote code execution---essentially allowing an attacker to ...

Attackers can exploit a security vulnerability in Winrar and attack Windows PCs with malicious code. The developers have closed the vulnerability in the current version. The vulnerability ...

Google says that several state-backed hacking groups have joined ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR, a compression software used by over 500 million users, aiming to ...

The spam campaign is being used to spread a malicious .exe file, taking advantage of a vulnerability in WinRAR which was patched in January. A critical 19-year-old WinRAR vulnerability disclosed last ...

WinRAR, one of the world's most popular Windows file compression applications, has patched last month a severe security flaw that can be abused to hijack users' systems just by tricking a WinRAR user ...

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group today warned users of a vulnerability in file archiving and compressing software WinRAR that’s being actively exploited by hacking groups, including allegedly ...