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CVE-2026-7179: OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-27 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• OSPG binwalk: 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3

References

• https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.md
• https://vuldb.com/submit/802228
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781/cti

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