UBUNTU-CVE-2026-7179 (CVE-2026-7179)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-04-27 23:16 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:24 – Source website
VLAI
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)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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{
"binary_name": "binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.1.1-4"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.1.1-4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
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}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
"2.0.1+dfsg-1",
"2.0.1+dfsg-2",
"2.0.1+dfsg-3",
"2.1.1-1",
"2.1.1-2",
"2.1.1-3",
"2.1.1-4"
]
},
{
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},
{
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"binary_version": "2.1.1-16"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.1.1-16?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
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{
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}
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}
],
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"2.1.1-16"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.2.0+dfsg1-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.2.0+dfsg1-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.1.2~git20180830+dfsg1-1",
"2.2.0+dfsg1-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.3.3+dfsg1-2"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.3.3+dfsg1-2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.3.3+dfsg1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
"2.3.2+dfsg1-1",
"2.3.3+dfsg1-2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.3.4+dfsg1-5"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.3.4+dfsg1-5"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.3.4+dfsg1-5?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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}
],
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}
],
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"2.3.4+dfsg1-2~build1",
"2.3.4+dfsg1-2",
"2.3.4+dfsg1-3~build1",
"2.3.4+dfsg1-3",
"2.3.4+dfsg1-4",
"2.3.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1",
"2.3.4+dfsg1-5"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.4.3+dfsg1-2"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.4.3+dfsg1-2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.4.3+dfsg1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
}
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"versions": [
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},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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{
"binary_name": "binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.4.3+dfsg1-2build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-binwalk",
"binary_version": "2.4.3+dfsg1-2build1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
"name": "binwalk",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/binwalk@2.4.3+dfsg1-2build1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
"2.4.3+dfsg1-2",
"2.4.3+dfsg1-2build1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-7179",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:24:34Z",
"published": "2026-04-27T23:16:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-7179"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7179"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2026-7179"
]
}
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