Medium severity · published Aug 20, 2026
CVE-2026-54389
Ghidra < 12.1.3 PDB Parser Uncontrolled Heap Growth DoS via AbstractPdb
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ghidra before 12.1.3 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the PDB parser that allows attackers to terminate the Ghidra process by supplying a crafted PDB file with an oversized parameters section. The AbstractPdb deserialization routine reads all remaining parameters into an unbounded list, causing uncontrolled heap growth that triggers an OutOfMemoryError which bypasses exception handling and crashes the application.
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 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
ghidra · NationalSecurityAgency
before 12.1.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54389
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-f75p-8cqj-9v3g
release-notes
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.1.3_build
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