CVE-2026-7179 OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversal
Local attackers can exploit path traversal in binwalk's WinCE plugin to read or modify files, requiring migration to binwalk v3 as the project is EOL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-7179?
CVE-2026-7179 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in OSPG binwalk, published on 27 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7179?
How do I fix CVE-2026-7179?
Product is end of life, replace it.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-7179 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-7179 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179, GHSA-4q2j-jrvf-pc8h, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-7179.