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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-0411-7-zip-mark-of-the-web-bypass-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-02-06. Updated: 2026-05-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/7-zip). Vendors: [7-Zip](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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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