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TI-2025-34865 Aliases CVE-2025-55188GHSA-58pw-r2v4-pwjv

7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.

Priority LOW 19CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00999 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed 7-Zip (7-Zip): 25.01

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
7-Zip7-Zipbefore 25.0125.01Patch availableCNA
  • 7-Zip Vendor7-Zip Affected before 25.01 Fixed in 25.01 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 25.01Vulnerable7-Zip
  • cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 25.01 Vulnerable ·7-Zip

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA 7-Zip (7-Zip) Fixed in 25.01

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-55188
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58pw-r2v4-pwjv

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

Other 5

  • TI-2025-00330 Protection mechanism failure in 7-Zip KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2026-35535 GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip: 7-Zip has a heap buffer overflow via NTFS compressed stream buffer under-allocation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-10630 Integer underflow in 7-Zip CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-14827 Ppmd7.c in 7-Zip before 23.00 allows an integer underflow and invalid read operation via a crafted 7Z archive. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-35532 7-Zip SquashFS Fragment Offset Overflow (GHSL-2026-116) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-35551 GHSL-2026-121 7-Zip UEFI DEPEX OOB Read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
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Sources

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