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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.","aliases":[{"alias":"CVE-2026-7179"}],"fixed_packages":[],"affected_packages":[],"references":[{"reference_url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-7179","reference_id":"","reference_type":"","scores":[{"value":"0.0002","scoring_system":"epss","scoring_elements":"0.0593","published_at":"2026-06-12T12:55:00Z"},{"value":"0.0002","scoring_system":"epss","scoring_elements":"0.05907","published_at":"2026-06-11T12:55:00Z"}],"url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-7179"},{"reference_url":"https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7179","reference_id":"","reference_type":"","scores":[],"url":"https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7179"},{"reference_url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1136010","reference_id":"1136010","reference_type":"","scores":[],"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1136010"},{"reference_url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781","reference_id":"359781","reference_type":"","scores":[{"value":"4.3","scoring_system":"cvssv2","scoring_elements":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3.1","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"4.8","scoring_system":"cvssv4","scoring_elements":"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"},{"value":"Track","scoring_system":"ssvc","scoring_elements":"SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-29T14:03:56Z/"}],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781"},{"reference_url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/802228","reference_id":"802228","reference_type":"","scores":[{"value":"4.3","scoring_system":"cvssv2","scoring_elements":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3.1","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"4.8","scoring_system":"cvssv4","scoring_elements":"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"},{"value":"Track","scoring_system":"ssvc","scoring_elements":"SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-29T14:03:56Z/"}],"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/802228"},{"reference_url":"https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.md","reference_id":"binwalk_path_traversal.md","reference_type":"","scores":[{"value":"4.3","scoring_system":"cvssv2","scoring_elements":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3.1","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"4.8","scoring_system":"cvssv4","scoring_elements":"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"},{"value":"Track","scoring_system":"ssvc","scoring_elements":"SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-29T14:03:56Z/"}],"url":"https://github.com/dhabaleshwar/Open-Source-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/binwalk_path_traversal.md"},{"reference_url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781/cti","reference_id":"cti","reference_type":"","scores":[{"value":"4.3","scoring_system":"cvssv2","scoring_elements":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"5.3","scoring_system":"cvssv3.1","scoring_elements":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C"},{"value":"4.8","scoring_system":"cvssv4","scoring_elements":"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"},{"value":"Track","scoring_system":"ssvc","scoring_elements":"SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-29T14:03:56Z/"}],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/359781/cti"}],"weaknesses":[{"cwe_id":22,"name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","description":"The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory."}],"exploits":[],"severity_range_score":"4.3 - 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