Ghidra before 12.0.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the extension installer that fails to validate ZIP entry names during extraction. Attackers can craft malicious extensions with traversal sequences like ../ in filenames to write arbitrary files outside the intended directory, enabling code execution.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.4 · nsaNVD modified 2026-10-26 11:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-in-extension-installer-via-zip-entry-names Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25 Exploit, Vendor Advisory