What's the vulnerability?

A path traversal vulnerability affecting the Windows version of WinRAR allows the attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious archive files. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild and was discovered by Anton Cherepanov, Peter Košinár, and Peter Strýček from ESET.

Root Cause Analysis
One Command

Verify with pruva-verify

Run the Pruva CLI to automatically fetch and execute the reproduction script.

pruva-verify REPRO-2026-00090
or pruva-verify GHSA-832g-3rcm-wcrf
or pruva-verify CVE-2025-8088
Install: curl -fsSL https://pruva.dev/install.sh | sh

Or Run Manually

1

Download the script

curl -O https://pruva.dev/api/v1/reproductions/REPRO-2026-00090/artifacts/repro/reproduction_steps.sh
2

Make executable

chmod +x reproduction_steps.sh
3

Run the script

./reproduction_steps.sh
Run in a VM, container, or disposable environment. This exploits a real vulnerability.

How Pruva Reproduced This

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