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high 7.0

CVE-2025-11002 json

7-Zip ZIP File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2026-01-23 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-4489

cvss
7.0
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

7-Zip ZIP File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. Interaction with this product is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links in ZIP files. Crafted data in a ZIP file can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of a service account. Was ZDI-CAN-26743.

Patch / fix

  • 7zip Debian 12 22.01+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1
  • 7zip Debian 13 25.01+dfsg-1~deb13u1
  • 7zip Debian 14 25.00+dfsg-1
  • p7zip Debian 12 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1
  • p7zip Debian 13 16.02+transitional.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-11002

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-11002 updated cvss 7.8

7zip: 7-Zip ZIP File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • 7-Zip 7-Zip

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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