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CVE-2026-113604: Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2026-10-20 · updated 2026-10-20
• Weakness: CWE-789

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.

Affected products

• nationalsecurityagency ghidra: from 10.2 through 12.1.4

References

• 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
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/6c50a66e8a939e2bcbaf0a6432ec5d53a41ceeb3
• 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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