[ CVE-2026-115396 · Published 22 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in NationalSecurityAgency ghidra
CVSS 5.5
No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
Ghidra 10.3 before 12.2 contains an improper handling of highly compressed data vulnerability in ThemeReader.processIconFile() that fails to limit decompressed size or compression ratio. Attackers can persuade a user to import a crafted theme ZIP whose icon entries expand to fill the host filesystem, causing later writes to fail.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ References ]References
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/2c2bc5be182d655c9df418ac35b9782f39b6a784
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_build
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-6mj8-x8x9-7gxq
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-10.3-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-compressed-t…