Medium 5.5Published Oct 20, 2026

CVE-2026-113604Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-21 09:10 UTC)

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Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the ELF loader's ElfHeader class that allocates arrays sized by unvalidated extended section and program header counts. Attackers can supply a crafted 128-byte ELF file that triggers an OutOfMemoryError during load-spec discovery at import or in headless analysis pipelines.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-789
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 20, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

NationalSecurityAgency ghidra nationalsecurityagency:ghidra (from the name)	from 10.2 through 12.1.4	CNA record

References

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/6c50a66e8a939e2bcbaf0a6432ec5d53a41ceeb3patch
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.1.4_build/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/elf/ElfHeader.javatechnical-description
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-10.2-through-12.1.4-denial-of-service-via-elf-loader-extended-header-countsthird-party-advisory

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