CVE-2026-14191: RARLAB WinRAR · Out-of-bounds Write
Affects RARLAB WinRARSource CVE Database V5
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade to 7.23 soon.
Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 38% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 7.23
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: evidence found.
Public exploit code: GitHub proofs of concept
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), GitHub proofs of concept, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade WinRAR and RAR and UnRAR.dll to 7.23.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| RARLABWinRAR | Affected
| Fixed in
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| RARLABRAR | Affected
| Fixed in
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| RARLABUnRAR | Affected
| Fixed in– |
| RARLABUnRAR.dll | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
A fix is available in WinRAR/RAR version 7.23. Users and administrators should update to version 7.23 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Until patched, avoid running recovery or test operations on untrusted or attacker-supplied .rev files. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the input beyond the fix version; verify with the vendor advisory for the latest remediation guidance.
Description
An out-of-bounds heap write exists in the RAR5 recovery-volume (.rev) parser in WinRAR and UnRAR (RecVolumes5::ReadHeader in recvol5.cpp). The RecItems vector is sized only when the first .rev file in a set is processed; subsequent .rev files supply an independent RecNum value that is validated against that file's own TotalCount field but never against the actual size of RecItems. A crafted set of two or more .rev files can therefore write an attacker-controlled 32-bit value (the header's RevCRC field) to RecItems[RecNum] at an attacker-controlled offset up to 65534 * sizeof(RecVolItem) bytes past the allocation, corrupting adjacent heap objects. Triggering requires the victim to run a recovery/test operation on an attacker-supplied .rev set (for example 'unrar t x.part1.rev', WinRAR 'Repair archive', or auto-recovery when extracting a volume set with a missing .rar part). This is the RAR5-path sibling of CVE-2023-40477 (which was fixed in the RAR3 path only in WinRAR 6.23). Fixed in WinRAR / RAR 7.23.