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.
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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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
News mentions
1- Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT Update Manager SW1DND-UDM-MCISA ICS Advisories