Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-113604Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in ghidra from NationalSecurityAgency. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NationalSecurityAgency | ghidra | 10.2 – through 12.1.4 |
Weakness: CWE-789 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/6c50a66e8a939e2bcbaf0a6432ec5d53a41ceeb3 patch
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.1.4_build/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/elf/ElfHeader.java technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts third-party-advisory