Russian Attackers Weaponize WinRAR Flaw Against Ukrainian Orgs
Two Russian APT campaigns are exploiting CVE-2025-8088 in WinRAR — patched a year ago — against Ukrainian military and government targets, underscoring the long tail of unpatched archive-handler vulnerabilities in conflict zones.
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Two separate campaigns target CVE-2025-8088, fixed last July, to conduct data theft and cyberespionage against military and government targets in Ukraine.
Editorial Analysis
European organisations in proximity to the conflict, or with Ukrainian partners, face spill-over risk; the campaigns confirm that archive-handler exploits remain a preferred initial-access vector for Russian groups.
Confirm WinRAR is updated past CVE-2025-8088 across all endpoints and enforce gateway-level inspection of archive attachments in email and file-transfer systems.
Russian groups are weaponising a year-old WinRAR flaw — a stark reminder that delayed patching translates directly into espionage risk.
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