| Name | CVE-2025-55188 |
| Description | 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1111068 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| 7zip (PTS) | bookworm | 22.01+dfsg-8+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 24.09+dfsg-8 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 25.01+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| p7zip (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 16.02+dfsg-8 | vulnerable |
| forky, trixie | 16.02+transitional.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| 7zip | source | (unstable) | 25.01+dfsg-1 | | | 1111068 |
| p7zip | source | (unstable) | 16.02+transitional.1 | | | |
Notes
[trixie] - 7zip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - 7zip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - p7zip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - p7zip <postponed> (Minor issue)
Since p7zip/16.02+transitional.1 src:p7zip is only a empty source package
depending on 7zip. Mark this version as fixed version.
https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.01
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1