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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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Ghidra < 12.0.2 - Path Traversal in Extension Installer via ZIP Entry Names
First Time appeared Nsa
Nsa ghidra
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nsa
Nsa ghidra
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T12:39:59.874Z

Reserved: 2026-06-08T15:20:09.274Z

Link: CVE-2026-52752

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T14:16:35.337

Modified: 2026-06-10T14:16:35.337

Link: CVE-2026-52752

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Updated: 2026-06-10T15:00:13Z