Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2025· Updated Nov 4, 2025
CVE-2025-55188
CVE-2025-55188
Description
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- github.com/ip7z/7zip/compare/25.00...25.01mitre
- github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.01mitre
- lunbun.dev/blog/cve-2025-55188/mitre
- sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/da14cd780b/mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1mitre
- www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-detect-7-zip-vulnerable-versionmitre
- www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-mitigate-7-zip-vulnerabilitymitre
- youtu.be/sWT6M1cfnwMmitre
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