CVE-2026-115397
mediumpriority · track · 22Ghidra before 12.2 contains a resource allocation without limits vulnerability in ExtensionUtils.unzipToInstallationFolder() that extracts every extension ZIP entry without limiting file count. Attackers who persuade a user to install a crafted extension archive with many files can exhaust filesystem inodes, causing project writes and other processes to fail.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products
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references (5) nvd
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/7cb4e778efb69acb1919f841ad46d0da36e77eeb
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_build
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-j5q9-fhqg-q995
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-extension-archive-install
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