A software used by File Roller (archive management): 7-Zip.
But today, it has not been upgraded for a while:
Its evolution: www.7-zip.org/history.txt
And for its download: 7-zip.org/download.html
That is what LTS means.
The version in the standard repositories matches the File Roller version.
Not everything needs to be, nor should be, upgraded to the latest Beta releases.
That is what causes breakage, endless user frustration and mismatched files.
apt search 7zip
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
7zip/noble,now 23.01+dfsg-11 amd64 [installed]
7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio
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Or in other words, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
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Excuse me, but when did I mention a beta version?
And if 17 CVEs are fine for you, I’m having a bit of trouble.
--> 7-zip.org/history.txt <-- 
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Well I have included a section on how to inspect tarballs before they are extracted in the unofficial manuals.
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If you're curious about the status of the CVEs, you can look through this page here for what has and hasn't been done in regards to them:
CVE search results | Ubuntu
That being said, number of CVEs does not necessarily mean that the user is more at risk because there is a number of them. A lot of these don't actually appear to be remotely accessible (minus a couple) and even those that are, if you set up your firewalls correctly (as I STRONGLY recommend anyone to do) you're not going to run into those problems as a standard user anyway (hell, you're probably not at risk even if you don't).
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