Source: binwalk X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: important Tags: security
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for binwalk. CVE-2026-7179[0]: | 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. https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.md This sounds like binwalk shouldn't be included in forky? If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7179 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7179 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
