Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report
rar: vulnerability history, versions and safety
rar is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 10 vulnerabilities for it across 52 releases, from Feb 2007 to Jul 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.
No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.
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Vulert verdict on rar i
Updated on 23 Oct 2026
Careful: 2 of the 10 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.
What to do: Plan around the 2 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →
- Vulnerabilities on record 10 over 19 years · 1 in the last year i
- Latest disclosure 01 Jul 2026 i
- Highest CVSS 7.8 i
- With no published fix 2 i
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01 Versions
Which versions are affected
Every version Vulert holds for rar, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.
Newest 52 of 52 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.
02 Disclosure history
How often vulnerabilities are recorded
Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 1 of the 10 were recorded in the last 12 months.
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03 Vulnerabilities
Recorded vulnerabilities for rar
| Vulnerability | Severity | Fixed version ↓ | Disclosed ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Out-of-Bounds Heap Write Vulnerability in RAR and UnRAR Packages | 7.8 high | No fix published | 01 Jul 2026 |
| Directory Traversal Vulnerability in RARLAB UnRAR Package | 7.5 high | 2:6.20-0.1~deb11u1 | 09 May 2022 |
| Directory Traversal Vulnerability in RAR Package: Risk of Arbitrary File Write | 5.5 medium | 2:5.3.b2-1 | 04 Jun 2017 |
| Stack-based buffer overflow in RARLabs Unrar | N/A unrated | 1:3.7b1-1 | 08 Feb 2007 |
| Integer Signedness Error in unrar | N/A unrated | 1:3.7b1-1 | 12 Jul 2007 |
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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315
