NSA Ghidra up to 10.2.2 launch.sh analyzeHeadless command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in NSA Ghidra up to 10.2.2. This impacts the function analyzeHeadless of the file Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Linux/support/launch.sh. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-22671. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NSA Ghidra up to 10.2.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function analyzeHeadless of the file Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Linux/support/launch.sh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Linux/support/launch.sh in NSA Ghidra through 10.2.2 passes user-provided input into eval, leading to command injection when calling analyzeHeadless with untrusted input.

The weakness was released 01/06/2023 as 4869. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-22671 since 01/06/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-26800). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 4869
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22671 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22671
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217556
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2023 13:03
Updated: 10/02/2025 19:42
Changes: 01/06/2023 13:03 (42), 01/29/2023 10:59 (11), 04/07/2025 21:52 (16), 10/02/2025 19:42 (1)
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