{
  "cveId": "CVE-2026-7179",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7179",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-7179 is fixed in binwalk on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179, released April 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "binwalk: A security vulnerability has been detected in OSPG binwalk up to 2.4.3",
  "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: \u0022I 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.\u0022 The GitHub repository mentions, that \u0022[u]sers and contributors should migrate to binwalk v3.\u0022 This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.",
  "published": "2026-04-27T23:16:03Z",
  "severity": "",
  "epss": 0.00173,
  "epssPercentile": 0.06747,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "binwalk",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.4.3\u002Bdfsg1-2\u002Bdeb13u1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-7179",
      "released": "2026-04-27T23:16:03Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "binwalk",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "2.4.3\u002Bdfsg1-3",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7179",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-7179",
      "released": "2026-04-27T23:16:03Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T19:12:23Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}