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CVE-2026-14191: RARLAB WinRAR · Out-of-bounds Write

Affects RARLAB WinRARSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade to 7.23 soon.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    Public exploit code: GitHub proofs of concept

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
RARLABWinRARAffected
  • <7.23
Fixed in
  • 7.23
RARLABRARAffected
  • <7.23
Fixed in
  • 7.23
RARLABUnRARAffected
  • <=7.21
Fixed in–
RARLABUnRAR.dllAffected
  • <7.23
Fixed in
  • 7.23

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.

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