Medium
binwalk — security advisory
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.
- Products
- binwalk
- Affected versions
- 2.0.1+dfsg-1, 2.0.1+dfsg-2, 2.0.1+dfsg-3, 2.1.1-1, 2.1.1-16, 2.1.1-2, 2.1.1-3, 2.1.1-4, 2.1.2~git20180830+dfsg1-1, 2.2.0+dfsg1-1, 2.3.2+dfsg1-1, 2.3.3+dfsg1-2, 2.3.4+dfsg1-1, 2.3.4+dfsg1-2, 2.3.4+dfsg1-2~build1, 2.3.4+dfsg1-3, 2.3.4+dfsg1-3~build1, 2.3.4+dfsg1-4, 2.3.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1, 2.3.4+dfsg1-5, 2.4.3+dfsg1-2, 2.4.3+dfsg1-2build1, 2.4.3+dfsg1-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-7179
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
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Complete source record
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