{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179","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.","modified":"2026-09-14T17:03:30.376319961Z","published":"2026-04-27T23:16:03.660Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-7179"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7179"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"binwalk","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/binwalk?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.3.4+dfsg1-1","2.3.4+dfsg1-2","2.3.4+dfsg1-3","2.3.4+dfsg1-4","2.3.4+dfsg1-5","2.4.2+dfsg1-1","2.4.3+dfsg1-1","2.4.3+dfsg1-2","2.4.3+dfsg1-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179.json"}},{"package":{"name":"binwalk","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/binwalk?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.3+dfsg1-2+deb13u1"}]}],"versions":["2.4.3+dfsg1-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179.json"}},{"package":{"name":"binwalk","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/binwalk?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.3+dfsg1-3"}]}],"versions":["2.4.3+dfsg1-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}