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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.","publishedAt":"2026-04-27T22:15:15.535Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-29T14:04:08.019Z","severity":{"score":4.8,"label":"Medium","version":"4.0","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","source":"VulDB"},"assigner":"VulDB","products":["OSPG binwalk"],"affected":[{"vendor":"OSPG","product":"binwalk","versions":[{"version":"2.4.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"2.4.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"2.4.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"2.4.3","status":"affected"}],"modules":["WinCE Extraction Plugin"]}],"references":["https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781","https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781/cti","https://vuldb.com/submit/802228","https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.md"],"weaknesses":["CWE-22"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:07.220Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/7xxx/CVE-2026-7179.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-7179","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-04-27T22:15:15.535Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-29T14:04:08.019Z","assignerShortName":"VulDB","assignerOrgId":"1af790b2-7ee1-4545-860a-a788eba489b5","dateReserved":"2026-04-27T08:31:20.082Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"OSPG binwalk WinCE Extraction Plugin winceextract.py read_null_terminated_string path traversal","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"A security vulnerability has been detected in OSPG binwalk up to 2.4.3. 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