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CVE-2026-100505: NationalSecurityAgency ghidra · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects NationalSecurityAgency ghidraSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 8 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 8 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
NationalSecurityAgencyghidraAffected
  • >=9.2 <=12.1.4
Fixed in–
GitHubghidrapkg:github/ghidraOther threatsAffected
  • >=9.2 <=12.1.4
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Until an official fix is available, users should avoid opening untrusted or suspicious binaries with affected Ghidra versions. Monitor the National Security Agency or Ghidra project advisories for updates on patches or mitigations.

Description

Ghidra versions 9.2 through 12.1.4 have a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the StringManager::getCodepoint function when decoding multi-byte UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32 characters. This occurs because the function does not validate the remaining buffer length, allowing crafted binaries with specially formed strings to trigger out-of-bounds reads. Exploitation can cause crashes or leak adjacent heap memory into the decompiled output.

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