CVE-2025-0411: 7-Zip Mark of the Web Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-0411 · Severity: critical · CVSS 7 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-02-06

7-Zip fails to propagate the Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) attribute to files extracted from a crafted archive. This allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and execute arbitrary code when a user interacts with a malicious archive.

Technologies: 7-Zip. Vendors: 7-Zip.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-0411 exploited in the wild?
Yes. CVE-2025-0411 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 6 February 2025. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2025-0411?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 6 February 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
7-zip 7-zip up to (excluding) 24.09; NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager Windows version.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-0411?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2025-0411 attacked?
It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-0411?
Check whether you run 7-Zip. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • 7-zip 7-zip up to (excluding) 24.09
  • NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager Windows version

Timeline

  • 2025-01-24: disclosed: Initial disclosure on oss-security mailing list
  • 2025-02-06: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2025-02-06: advisory: Published on NVD
  • 2025-02-07: other: NetApp advisory published

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