High severity · published Jul 1, 2026
CVE-2026-14191
WinRAR / UnRAR RAR5 recovery-volume (.rev) out-of-bounds heap write in RecVolumes5::ReadHeader
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
RAR · RARLAB
before 7.23 · source: vendor
UN
UnRAR · RARLAB
through 7.21 · source: vendor
UN
UnRAR.dll · RARLAB
before 7.23 · source: vendor
WI
WinRAR · RARLAB
before 7.23 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14191
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14191
nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40477
www.rarlab.com
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
www.securin.io
https://www.securin.io/zero-days/cve-2026-14191-winrar-unrar-rar5-recovery-volume-rev-out-of-bounds-heap-write-in-recvolumes5-readheader
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