Description
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Published: 2025-08-08
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4576-1 p7zip security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-24018 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
History

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared 7-zip
7-zip 7-zip
Vendors & Products 7-zip
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0200

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Description 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T22:06:47.049Z

Reserved: 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-55188

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T22:06:47.049Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-08-08T21:15:25.890

Modified: 2026-06-17T09:41:25.473

Link: CVE-2025-55188

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-12T09:51:40Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')