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GHSA-4Q2J-JRVF-PC8H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-28 00:31 – Updated: 2026-04-28 00:31

Details

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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

1.9 (Low)


                  
                    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

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CVE-2026-7179 (GCVE-0-2026-7179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-27 22:15 – Updated: 2026-04-29 14:04 Unsupported When Assigned

Title

OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversal

Summary

Severity

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

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

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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-22 - Path Traversal

Assigner

VulDB

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781/cti	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/802228	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulne…	exploit

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OSPG	binwalk	Affected: 2.4.0 Affected: 2.4.1 Affected: 2.4.2 Affected: 2.4.3

Credits

dhabaleshwar (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-4Q2J-JRVF-PC8H

CVE-2026-7179 (GCVE-0-2026-7179)

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