CVE-2025-55188
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7-zip / 7-zip | - | 25.01 |
- 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
- 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
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