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CVE-2026-96273: Ghidra before 12.1.4 Denial of Service via Unreleased Lock in OptionsDB

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-23 · updated 2026-09-28
• Weakness: CWE-460

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.

Affected products

• nationalsecurityagency ghidra: before 12.1.4 — fixed in 12.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nationalsecurityagency ghidra 12.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.1.3_build/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/data/OptionsDB.java#L358-L366
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/594da048431aab082a9da7c4a965874d07d33310
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.1.4_build
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-4w7g-wmg8-fgv5
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.1.4-denial-of-service-via-crafted-database

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