CVE-2025-55188
LOW
3.6
CVSS Score
Published: August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZip 7-zip
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Severity
LOW3.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (14)
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
3.6LOWmitre
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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