CVE-2026-115503

Ghidra before 12.2 Denial of Service via Compressed Extension Archive

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 22, 2026 at 07:14 PM UTC
Updated: October 29, 2026 at 05:28 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGhidraGhidra

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-409

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