CVE-2026-7179
OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Apr 27, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 27, 2026
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in OSPG binwalk up to 2.4.3. This vulnerability affects the function read_null_terminated_string of the file src/binwalk/plugins/winceextract.py of the component WinCE Extraction Plugin. Such manipulation of the argument self.file_name leads to path traversal. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project maintainer confirms this issue: "I accept the existence of the Path Traversal vulnerability. However, as stated in the Github link, it reached EOL and as a result no actions should be expected." The GitHub repository mentions, that "[u]sers and contributors should migrate to binwalk v3." This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 4.3 Medium | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
binwalkOSPG |
|
References
- VDB-359781 | OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversalvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-359781 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #802228 | OSPG binwalk (Python version) <= 2.4.3 Path Traversalthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.mdexploit
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