SCA: security update for binwalk (GHSA-3cm8-v4mc-gppg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446616

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A path traversal vulnerability was identified in ReFirm Labs binwalk from version 2.1.2b through 2.3.3
included. By crafting a malicious PFS filesystem file, an attacker can get binwalk's PFS extractor to
extract files at arbitrary locations when binwalk is run in extraction mode (-e option). Remote code
execution can be achieved by building a PFS filesystem that, upon extraction, would extract a malicious
binwalk module into the folder .config/binwalk/plugins. This vulnerability is associated with program
files src/binwalk/plugins/unpfs.py. This issue affects binwalk from 2.1.2b through 2.3.3 included.
(CVE-2022-4510)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446616

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4510

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4510

cwe: CWE-22

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