Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-55188

LowPublic PoC

Published: 08 August 2025

Published
08 August 2025
Modified
04 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.3th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-55188 is a low-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in 7-Zip 7-Zip. Its CVSS base score is 3.6 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

7-zip
7-zip
≤ 25.01

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References