7-Zip Mark of the Web Bypass Vulnerability
7-Zip contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web security feature to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
- Vendor
- 7-Zip
- Product
- 7-Zip
- CVSS
- 7.0
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 67.1%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
7-Zip contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web security feature to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-06. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2025-02-27.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.