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CVE-2026-100504: Ghidra through 12.1.4 Stack-based Buffer Overflow via leftshift128

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-26 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Ghidra versions through 12.1.4 contain a stack-based out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the decompiler's leftshift128 function when processing negative shift amounts from p-code. Attackers can craft malicious binaries with specific instruction sequences that trigger the overflow when decompiled, corrupting memory and potentially achieving code execution.

Affected products

• nationalsecurityagency ghidra: through 12.1.4

References

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/8b6bbb857accdfa20dc5b2f5dea471178c2e9fbc/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/multiprecision.cc#L29-L61
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/8b6bbb857accdfa20dc5b2f5dea471178c2e9fbc/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/ruleaction.cc#L7848-L7878
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/6babe3c1cec7f5ec920dd16cdc86a02893e5b33c
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-through-12.1.4-stack-based-buffer-overflow-via-leftshift128

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