CVE-2026-115503

Ghidra before 12.2 Denial of Service via Compressed Extension Archive

Published Oct 22, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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 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.
Title Ghidra before 12.2 Denial of Service via Compressed Extension Archive
First Time appeared Nsa
Nsa ghidra
Weaknesses CWE-409
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
Nov 5, 2026, 4:30 PM
Reserved
Oct 22, 2026, 4:14 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 22, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 5:17 PM