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CVE-2026-7179: OSPG binwalk · Path Traversal

Affects OSPG binwalkSource CVE Database V5

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Public exploit available · CVSS 4.8 Medium · end of life, no fix coming : replace or isolate OSPG binwalk; no fix will be released.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
None coming – the product is end of life
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

No fix will be released: OSPG binwalk is end of life. Replace it, or isolate it from untrusted networks until you can.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
OSPGbinwalkAffected
  • 2.4.0 – 2.4.3
4 affected builds
Fixed in–
PyPIbinwalkpkg:pypi/binwalkOther threatsAffected
  • 2.4.0 – 2.4.3
4 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

The project maintainer advises users to migrate to binwalk version 3, which is actively maintained and not affected by this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to the supported version to mitigate this issue.

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.

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