CVE-2022-30333
high CISA KEVRARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor / product: RARLAB — UnRAR
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.
CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2022-05-09 08:15
Modified: 2026-10-02 14:54
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2022-08-09 · due 2022-08-30
Known ransomware use: Known
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
rarlab / unrar <6.12
debian / debian_linux 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz
Patch / mitigation: https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html cve@mitre.org
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/ cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html cve@mitre.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04 cve@mitre.org
- https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz cve@mitre.org
- https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm cve@mitre.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-30333 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗