low3.6
CVE-2025-55188
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Impact
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Zip | 7-Zip | before 25.01 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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