What is CVE-2026-7179?

CVE-2026-7179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ospg Binwalk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-7179?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ospg Binwalk

CVE-2026-7179

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 mani…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.002 (7.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ospg Binwalk — versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, vdb-entry)
cna@vuldb.com (signature, permissions-required)
cna@vuldb.com (third-party-advisory)
cna@vuldb.com (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7179?: CVE-2026-7179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ospg Binwalk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-7179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.