WinRAR path traversal flaw still exploited by numerous hackers

Multiple threat actors, both state-sponsored and financially motivated, are exploiting the CVE-2025-8088 high-severity ...
SecurityWeek

APTs, Cybercriminals Widely Exploiting WinRAR Vulnerability

CVE-2025-8088, a WinRAR vulnerability patched in July 2025, has been widely exploited by state-sponsored threat actors and cybercriminals.

Google says a WinRAR exploit for Windows is in 'widespread' use by government-backed threat actors 'linked to Russia and China'

Google has warned that well-known and already-patched exploit for the WinRAR file archiving and compression tool for Windows ...
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Hackers still exploiting WinRAR flaw even though fix was released 6 months ago

WinRAR doesn't have an auto-update function, meaning PCs are vulnerable until you manually update. The bug is still being widely exploited, Google security researchers warn.

Millions At Risk As Attackers Exploit This Alarming WinRAR Security Flaw

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I ditched WinRAR for this open-source tool and it's not 7-Zip

All the power of 7-Zip, without the 2005 vibes.