CVE-2026-52752

Ghidra < 12.0.2 - Path Traversal in Extension Installer via ZIP Entry Names

State: Published
Severity: 8.4 High
Published: Jun 10, 2026
Updated: Jul 14, 2026
Reserved: Jun 8, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.4 High	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	VulnCheck
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ghidranationalsecurityagency	before 12.0.2Affected 12.0.2Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-jhc2-q7qf-9c25)vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-in-extension-installer-via-zip-entry-namesthird-party-advisory

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