CVE-2026-52752
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 12 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.7–8.4
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52752cnnvd
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25enisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-in-extension-installer-via-zip-entry-namesenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25ExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-in-extension-installer-via-zip-entry-namesThird Party Advisorynvd
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