CVE-2026-113604

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

6.8 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Passive

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.16%Unchanged since Oct 21, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.8

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

Record: CVE-2026-113604
CVSS 4.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-789
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2026-105082 6.8

Record: EUVD-2026-105082
CVSS 4.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j4jr-xgjh-hpvc 6.8

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the ELF loader's...

Record: GHSA-j4jr-xgjh-hpvc
CVSS 4.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-789
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.8

Record: CVE-2026-113604
CVSS 4.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-789
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.8

Ghidra 10.2 through 12.1.4 Denial of Service via ELF Loader Extended Header Counts

Record: CVE-2026-113604
CVSS 4.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness: CWE-789
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-113604 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Nationalsecurityagency Ghidra, published October 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.