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CVE-2022-48579

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

UnRAR before 6.2.3 allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains.

Affected products

• RARLAB UnRAR: before 6.2.3 — fixed in 6.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RARLAB UnRAR 6.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pmachapman/unrar/commit/2ecab6bb5ac4f3b88f270218445496662020205f#diff-ca3086f578522062d7e390ed2cd7e10f646378a8b8cbf287a6e4db5966df68ee
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00023.html
• https://github.com/pmachapman/unrar/commit/2ecab6bb5ac4f3b88f270218445496662020205f#diff-ca3086f578522062d7e390ed2cd7e10f646378a8b8cbf287a6e4db5966df68ee
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00023.html

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