{"id":"CVE-2026-4946","aliases":["EUVD-2026-17042","GHSA-3wfw-pwxc-r3x9","GHSA-mc3p-mq2p-xw6v"],"status":"published","title":"NSA Ghidra Auto-Analysis Annotation Command Execution","description":"Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00489,"percentile":0.42392,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-03-29T19:35:30Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:51:53Z","products":[{"vendor":"nsa","product":"ghidra"}],"references":[{"url":"https://takeonme.org/gcves/GCVE-1337-2026-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001011111111111000111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000110","tags":["third-party-advisory","exploit","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-mc3p-mq2p-xw6v","tags":["vendor-advisory","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4946","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wfw-pwxc-r3x9"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/4xxx/CVE-2026-4946.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-4946","title":"NSA Ghidra Auto-Analysis Annotation Command Execution","description":"Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-29T19:35:30.692Z","modified":"2026-03-30T15:00:34.442Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:59.369956Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-17042","description":"Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. 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Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-29T21:30:21Z","modified":"2026-03-29T21:30:32Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:06:55.220248Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-4946","description":"Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-29T20:16:12.723Z","modified":"2026-08-10T14:08:11.723Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:12.261218Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-4946","title":"NSA Ghidra Auto-Analysis Annotation Command Execution","description":"Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-29T19:35:30.692Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:51:53.269628887Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:07.060148Z"}]}}