Path Traversal Vulnerability in Ghidra by National Security Agency
CVE-2026-52752

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Nationalsecurityagency

Status
Ghidra
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-52752?

Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.2 are vulnerable to a path traversal issue in the extension installer. This vulnerability allows attackers to create malicious extensions that exploit improper validation of ZIP entry names during file extraction. By including traversal sequences like ../ in the filenames, attackers can write arbitrary files outside of the expected directory, potentially leading to code execution on the host system.

Affected Version(s)

ghidra 0 < 12.0.2

ghidra 12.0.2

References

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security...
vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversa...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

@PrasanthSundararajan69
Fin (@Finder16)
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