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CVE-2026-49497: nationalsecurityagency ghidra · Path Traversal

Affects nationalsecurityagency ghidraSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.6 Medium : upgrade to 12.1 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 12.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Jun 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade nationalsecurityagency ghidra to 12.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
nationalsecurityagencyghidraAffected
  • <12.1
Fixed in
  • 12.1
GitHubghidrapkg:github/ghidraOther threatsAffected
  • <12.1
Fixed in
  • 12.1

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, users should exercise caution when analyzing untrusted ELF binaries with Ghidra versions prior to 12.1. Avoid opening suspicious or unverified ELF files to reduce risk.

Description

Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before constructing file paths. Attackers can craft malicious ELF binaries with traversal sequences to probe filesystem existence and leak CRC32 hashes of arbitrary files during automatic DWARF analysis.

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