RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2022-30333 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-05-09 08:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-09-17 07:15:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.928440000 probability, percentile 0.997640000 (date 2026-04-01)
CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-08-09; due 2022-08-30; ransomware use Known
Problem Types: CWE-22
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
| Vendor | RARLAB |
|---|---|
| Product | UnRAR |
| Name | RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability |
| Required Action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
| Notes | Vulnerability 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 |
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SECURITY] [DLA 3534-1] rar security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| Unrar Path Traversal Vulnerability affects Zimbra Mail | MISC | blog.sonarsource.com | |
| WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files | MISC | www.rarlab.com | |
| Zimbra UnRAR Path Traversal ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| RAR, UnRAR: Arbitrary File Overwrite (GLSA 202309-04) — Gentoo security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz | CONFIRM | www.rarlab.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog | CISA | www.cisa.gov | kev |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 180852 Debian Security Update for unrar-nonfree (CVE-2022-30333)
- 296082 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 48.126.1 Missing (CPUJUL2022)
- 377763 RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- 6000058 Debian Security Update for rar (DLA 3534-1)
- 710746 Gentoo Linux RAR, UnRAR Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability (GLSA 202309-04)
- 752155 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for unrar (SUSE-SU-2022:1760-1)