🛡️ CVE-2026-7179 on Ubuntu — binwalk

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-7179 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package binwalk. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: binwalk. Published on 27 April 2026 and last revised on 26 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2026-7179 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector 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
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-27
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-05-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
binwalk — —

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