Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-115503
CVE-2026-115503
Description
Ghidra before 12.2 contains an improper handling of highly compressed data vulnerability in ExtensionUtils.unzipToInstallationFolder() that allows attackers to exhaust disk space. Attackers can persuade users to install a crafted zip bomb extension archive that expands without size limits, causing later writes by Ghidra and other applications to fail.
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Affected products
1- Range: <12.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/2c2bc5be182d655c9df418ac35b9782f39b6a784nvd
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_buildnvd
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-mcjr-7qqr-m3w8nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-compressed-extension-archivenvd
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