TI-2022-04123 Aliases CVE-2022-4510 GHSA-3cm8-v4mc-gppg

Path Traversal in binwalk

MEDIUM 56CWE-22Published 2023-01-25 · Updated 2025-12-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.2288 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Refirm Labs	binwalk	2.1.2b – 2.3.3	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	binwalk (PyPI)	2.1.2b – 2.3.3	—	No fix listed	GHSA-3cm8-v4mc-gppg

binwalk VendorRefirm Labs Affected 2.1.2b – 2.3.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
binwalk (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.1.2b – 2.3.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-3cm8-v4mc-gppg

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:binwalk::::::::	2.2.0 to before 2.3.3	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:binwalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.0 to before 2.3.3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4510
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3cm8-v4mc-gppg

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk/pull/617

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4510

Other 3

TI-2021-03145 ReFirm Labs binwalk Archive Extraction extractor.py symlink CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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