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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-17664

CVE-2019-17664

Description

NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4 uses a potentially untrusted search path. When executing Ghidra from a given path, the Java process working directory is set to this path. Then, when launching the Python interpreter via the "Ghidra Codebrowser > Window > Python" option, Ghidra will try to execute the cmd.exe program from this working directory.

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Affected products

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  • Nationalsecurityagency/Ghidra2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=9.0.4
    • (no CPE)range: <=9.0.4
  • NSA/Ghidradescription

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