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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-27 | Published 2026-04-27 | Updated 2026-04-29 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS: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
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C

Problem types

Path Traversal

Product status

2.4.0
affected

2.4.1
affected

2.4.2
affected

2.4.3
affected

Timeline

2026-04-27:Advisory disclosed
2026-04-27:VulDB entry created
2026-04-27:VulDB entry last update

Credits

dhabaleshwar (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/359781 (VDB-359781 | OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversal) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/359781/cti (VDB-359781 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/submit/802228 (Submit #802228 | OSPG binwalk (Python version) <= 2.4.3 Path Traversal) third-party-advisory

github.com/...rabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.md exploit

cve.org (CVE-2026-7179)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-7179)

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