Medium severity · published Sep 23, 2026
CVE-2026-96273
Ghidra before 12.1.4 Denial of Service via Unreleased Lock in OptionsDB
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ghidra before 12.1.4 fails to validate the TYPE_COL byte in OptionsDB.createUnregisteredOption(), causing an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException that leaves domain objects permanently locked. Attackers can craft a malicious program database file that, when imported, causes the application to stall and prevents resource cleanup or graceful shutdown.
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)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
ghidra · NationalSecurityAgency
before 12.1.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96273
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96273
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-4w7g-wmg8-fgv5
patch
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/594da048431aab082a9da7c4a965874d07d33310
technical-description
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.1.3_build/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/data/OptionsDB.java#L358-L366
release-notes
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.1.4_build
product
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.1.4-denial-of-service-via-crafted-database
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