CVE-2022-30333 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2022-30333HIGH

n/a n/a — RARLAB UnRAR

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  H  N    7.5   .9909   99.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  May 7   Reserved by mitre
  Aug 9   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-08-30
  Aug 9   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Aug 4   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-30333. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-22, CWE-59 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 7 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due August 30, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 7, 2022	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
August 9, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-08-30
August 9, 2022	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
August 4, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-30333. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-22 · CWE-59

References (7)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167989/Zimbra-UnRAR-Path-Traversal.html [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://blog.sonarsource.com/zimbra-pre-auth-rce-via-unrar-0day/ [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00022.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-04 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-30333 [US Government Resource]
https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x32-612.tar.gz [Patch]
https://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm [Product]

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-30333 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-22 · CWE-59

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-30333 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.