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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-13623

In NSA Ghidra before 9.1, path traversal can occur in RestoreTask.java (from the package ghidra.app.plugin.core.archive) via an archive with an executable file that has an initial ../ in its filename. This allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in scenarios where an intermediate analysis result is archived for sharing with other persons. To achieve arbitrary code execution, one approach is to overwrite some critical Ghidra modules, e.g., the decompile module.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:01 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-13623

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Jul 2019, 03:15 UTC

In NSA Ghidra before 9.1, path traversal can occur in RestoreTask.java (from the package ghidra.app.plugin.core.archive) via an archive with an executable file that has an initial ../ in its filename. This allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in scenarios where an intermediate analysis result is archived for sharing with other persons. To achieve arbitrary code execution, one approach is to overwrite some critical Ghidra modules, e.g., the decompile module.

osv:CVE-2019-13623
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13623",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-13623",
    "summary": "In NSA Ghidra before 9.1, path traversal can occur in RestoreTask.java (from the package ghidra.app.plugin.core.archive) via an archive with an executable file that has an initial ../ in its filename. This allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in scenarios where an intermediate analysis result is archived for sharing with other persons. To achieve arbitrary code execution, one approach is to overwrite some critical Ghidra modules, e.g., the decompile module.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13623",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6b4d64a2ac07f154bf1fca307ad99aaa522d41e4"
                }
              ],
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                    "range": [
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "9.0.4"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "Ghidra_9.0.3_build",
            "Ghidra_9.0.1_build"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-13623.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:20.860732646Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://ghidra-sre.org/releaseNotes_9.1_final.html",
        "https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/789"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2019-13623",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383577,
  "published_at": "2019-07-17T03:15:10.54+00:00"
}