Hex-Rays IDA up to 9.3sp1 via argument injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hex-Rays IDA up to 9.3sp1 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument via leads to argument injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-45181. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Hex-Rays IDA up to 9.3sp1. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument via with an unknown input leads to a argument injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Hex-Rays IDA Pro 9.2 and 9.3 before 9.3sp2 does not block Clang dependency-file generation (via argument injection), which allows attackers to place their code into a plugins directry if the victim uses an attacker-supplied .i64 file.

The advisory is shared at blog.calif.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-45181 since 05/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 9.3sp2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Argument injection
CWE: CWE-88 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IDA 9.3sp2

Timelineinfo

05/09/2026 CVE reserved
05/10/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
05/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.calif.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-45181 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-45181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-362477

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2026 08:57
Changes: 05/10/2026 08:57 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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