Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2026· Updated Jun 11, 2026
CVE-2026-49497
CVE-2026-49497
Description
Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before constructing file paths. Attackers can craft malicious ELF binaries with traversal sequences to probe filesystem existence and leak CRC32 hashes of arbitrary files during automatic DWARF analysis.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <12.1
- (no CPE)range: <12.1
Patches
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References
2- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-57g6-7qw2-p5hxnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-via-gnu-debuglink-in-dwarf-external-debug-file-resolutionnvdThird Party Advisory
News mentions
1- National Security Agency's Ghidra: 15 Vulnerabilities Disclosed on June 10, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Jun 10, 2026