Bug 2463312 (CVE-2026-7179) - CVE-2026-7179 binwalk: WinCE Extraction Plugin: Binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin: Path Traversal vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2026-7179 binwalk: WinCE Extraction Plugin: Binwalk WinCE Extraction Plug...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-7179
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2463422
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-04-27 23:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-28 10:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-27 23:01:24 UTC
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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