Infinite loop in junrar

Description

Junrar is an open source java RAR archive library. In affected versions A carefully crafted RAR archive can trigger an infinite loop while extracting said archive. The impact depends solely on how the application uses the library, and whether files can be provided by malignant users. The problem is patched in 7.4.1. There are no known workarounds and users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-835 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavencom.github.junrar:junrarGHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5 (opens in a new tab)

References (3)

• https://github.com/junrar/junrar/security/advisories/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/junrar/junrar/issues/73 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/junrar/junrar/commit/7b16b3d90b91445fd6af0adfed22c07413d4fab7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 May 2025, 16:25 UTC.