| Name | CVE-2025-55188 |
| Description | 7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4576-1 |
| 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+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 25.01+dfsg-1~deb13u2 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 26.01+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| p7zip (PTS) | bullseye | 16.02+dfsg-8 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| 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 | bookworm | 22.01+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | | | |
| 7zip | source | trixie | 25.01+dfsg-1~deb13u1 | | | |
| 7zip | source | (unstable) | 25.01+dfsg-1 | | | 1111068 |
| p7zip | source | bullseye | 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | | DLA-4576-1 | |
| p7zip | source | bookworm | 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | | | |
| p7zip | source | (unstable) | 16.02+transitional.1 | | | |
Notes
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