Security News > 2025 > January > 7-Zip fixes bug that bypasses Windows MoTW security warnings, patch now

2025-01-21 16:05
A high-severity vulnerability in the 7-Zip file archiver allows attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature and execute code on users' computers when extracting malicious files from nested archives. [...]
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