CVE-2026-115397: nsa ghidra

CVSS 6.8 (medium) · published 2026-10-22

Ghidra before 12.2 contains a resource allocation without limits vulnerability in ExtensionUtils.unzipToInstallationFolder() that extracts every extension ZIP entry without limiting file count. Attackers who persuade a user to install a crafted extension archive with many files can exhaust filesystem inodes, causing project writes and other processes to fail.

Affected products (NVD): nsa ghidra

Fixed in (NVD): 12.2

Weakness: CWE-770

Source: NVD CVE-2026-115397

References

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/7cb4e778efb69acb1919f841ad46d0da36e77eeb
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_build
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-j5q9-fhqg-q995
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-extension-archive-install

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