CVE-2026-52752

HIGH

Ghidra < 12.0.2 - Path Traversal in Extension Installer via ZIP Entry Names

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25)
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
nationalsecurityagency/ghidra < 12.0.2
nationalsecurityagency/ghidra 12.0.2
nsa/ghidra < 12.0.2
Published Jun 10, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 10, 2026