CVE-2026-115503: nsa ghidra

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

Ghidra before 12.2 contains an improper handling of highly compressed data vulnerability in ExtensionUtils.unzipToInstallationFolder() that allows attackers to exhaust disk space. Attackers can persuade users to install a crafted zip bomb extension archive that expands without size limits, causing later writes by Ghidra and other applications to fail.

Affected products (NVD): nsa ghidra

Fixed in (NVD): 12.2

Weakness: CWE-409

Source: NVD CVE-2026-115503

References

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/2c2bc5be182d655c9df418ac35b9782f39b6a784
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_build
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-mcjr-7qqr-m3w8
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-compressed-extension-archive

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