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CVE-2025-55188

🗓️ 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by mitreType 
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🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov📰️ 6 Media mentions👁 120 Views🌐 WEB

CVE-2025-55188: 7-Zip before 25.01 does not properly handle symbolic links during extraction.

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Tenable Nessus
7-Zip < 25.01
13 Aug 202500:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Debian dla-4576 : p7zip - security update
11 May 202600:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 43 : retroarch (2025-6e0627440a)
25 Dec 202500:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 43 : 7zip (2025-b6422d64f9)
3 Dec 202500:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 42 : retroarch (2025-dda924d757)
25 Dec 202500:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-55188
30 Aug 202500:00
nessus
AstraLinux
Astra Linux – Vulnerability in p7zip
19 Jun 202611:10
astralinux
Information Security Automation
August Linux Patch Wednesday
4 Sep 202508:28
avleonov
GithubExploit
Exploit for Link Following in 7-Zip
11 Aug 202508:47
githubexploit
Circl
CVE-2025-55188
8 Aug 202523:51
circl
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7-zip7-zipRange<25.01
[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "7-Zip",
    "vendor": "7-Zip",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "25.01",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]
ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
symlink-targetpath../../.ssh/authorized_keysSymlink-based arbitrary file overwrite during 7-Zip extraction (CVE-2025-55188) via crafted archive triggering symlink traversal.CWE-59
payload-filepath../../.ssh/authorized_keysSymlink-based arbitrary file overwrite during 7-Zip extraction (CVE-2025-55188) via crafted archive triggering symlink traversal.CWE-59
output-archivepath../../.ssh/authorized_keysSymlink-based arbitrary file overwrite during 7-Zip extraction (CVE-2025-55188) via crafted archive triggering symlink traversal.CWE-59

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17 Jun 2026 09:41Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 3.13.6
EPSS0.0069
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