Exploited· due 2025-02-27

CVE-2025-0411

7-Zip 7-Zip

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.

Exploitation status

  • CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
  • US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2025-02-27. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS
Not yet scored

Dates

Published
2025-02-06
Added to KEV
2025-02-06
Remediation due
2025-02-27
Sources
CISA KEV