CVE-2026-115398

Ghidra before 12.2 Denial of Service via TAR and ZIP File System Mount

Published Oct 22, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ghidra before 12.2 contains a resource allocation without limits vulnerability in FileSystemIndexHelper used by TarFileSystem and ZipFileSystem, which store unbounded archive entries. Attackers can persuade a user to open or batch-import a crafted TAR or ZIP archive with excessive entries to exhaust the Java heap and hang the session.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nationalsecurityagency
Nationalsecurityagency ghidra
Vendors & Products Nationalsecurityagency
Nationalsecurityagency ghidra
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ghidra before 12.2 contains a resource allocation without limits vulnerability in FileSystemIndexHelper used by TarFileSystem and ZipFileSystem, which store unbounded archive entries. Attackers can persuade a user to open or batch-import a crafted TAR or ZIP archive with excessive entries to exhaust the Java heap and hang the session.
Title Ghidra before 12.2 Denial of Service via TAR and ZIP File System Mount
First Time appeared Nsa
Nsa ghidra
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nsa
Nsa ghidra
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 23, 2026, 3:00 PM
Reserved
Oct 22, 2026, 11:27 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 22, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Nov 4, 2026, 11:10 PM