TL;DR: WinRAR has a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) allowing remote code execution via directory traversal in Windows versions. This exploit risks sensitive data and system integrity.

Shh. Listen. Do you hear that? That noise is the sound of system builders around the world cheering, because they can finally cross WinRAR off the list of mandatory programs to install after setting ...

One incredibly popular Windows tools has recently been updated to address a zero-day exploit that could give bad actors a chance to install malware on devices running older versions of the app. The ...

Microsoft has quietly announced that it will support opening RAR files on Windows 11. The file format typically requires WinRAR or another file compression app. ZIP is a popular file compression ...

As reported by TechCrunch, Winrar or 7zip will no longer be a necessity when trying to extract .RAR files as the format will be supported in native Windows. The update was shared in the latest Windows ...

To split or combine RAR files in Windows 11/10, you may use WinRAR, a popular file compression/archiver software for Windows. The compression algorithm in WinRAR allows you to split a large file into ...

Users are advised to upgrade their WinRAR installations to fix two high-severity flaws that attackers could exploit to execute arbitrary code. The RAR archive format, which is associated with WinRAR, ...

Once you go out of WinRAR and try something else, you would immediately notice how dated the tool has been. This realization hit me when I switched to a modern open-source alternative that made me ...