Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-96273Ghidra before 12.1.4 Denial of Service via Unreleased Lock in OptionsDB
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 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Ghidra before 12.1.4 fails to validate the TYPE_COL byte in OptionsDB.createUnregisteredOption(), causing an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException that leaves domain objects permanently locked. Attackers can craft a malicious program database file that, when imported, causes the application to stall and prevents resource cleanup or graceful shutdown.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NationalSecurityAgency | ghidra | 0 – before 12.1.4 |
Weakness: CWE-460, CWE-667 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-4w7g-wmg8-fgv5) vendor-advisory
- GP-7190 fix commit patch
- Unvalidated OptionType index at 12.1.3 technical-description
- ghidra Ghidra_12.1.4_build Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Ghidra before 12.1.4 Denial of Service via Crafted Database third-party-advisory