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Medium severity · published Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2026-113604
Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
ghidra · NationalSecurityAgency
10.2 through 12.1.4 · source: vendor
Affected product
GH
ghidra
NationalSecurityAgency
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113604
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113604
github.com
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
github.com
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/6c50a66e8a939e2bcbaf0a6432ec5d53a41ceeb3
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-10.2-through-12.1.4-denial-of-service-via-elf-loader-extended-header-counts
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