{"id":"CVE-2022-30333","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-30333","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T12:57:12.652Z","title":"RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability","description":"RARLAB UnRAR before 6.12 on Linux and UNIX allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. NOTE: WinRAR and Android RAR are unaffected.","published":"2022-05-09T08:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-02T14:54:56.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"affected":["rarlab/unrar","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.99233,"percentile":0.99936,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-08-09","dueDate":"2022-08-30","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nVulnerability updated with version 6.12. Accessing link will download update information: https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz;  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30333"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 30 August 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-30333","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30333","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}