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Ghidra before 12.2 Denial of Service via Extension Archive Install

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2026-115397

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-115397

ghidra

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra",
    "vendor": "NationalSecurityAgency",
    "product": "ghidra",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "12.2",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-115397

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Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#52349 · Revision 1
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