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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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (VulDB) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.3 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS detail | CNA (VulDB) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | CNA (VulDB) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 1.9 |
| 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | Low |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | Low |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | Low |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Apr 28 02:00:35 2026CVE page last modified: Wed Apr 29 13:06:24 2026