CVE-2026-115398
MEDIUM
NVD
CVSS Score
5.5
Severity
MEDIUM
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
Ghidra before 12.2 contains a resource allocation without limits vulnerability in FileSystemIndexHelper used by TarFileSystem and ZipFileSystem, which store unbounded archive entries. Attackers can persuade a user to open or batch-import a crafted TAR or ZIP archive with excessive entries to exhaust the Java heap and hang the session.
References
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/061ec06a79f4147267f6fc690b0dcf944b2d4957
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_build
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-vvp8-22p8-x954
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-tar-and-zip-file-system-mount