VDB-370146 · CVE-2026-52751 · GCVE-0-2026-52751

NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0 Project deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Project Handler. The manipulation results in deserialization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-52751. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Project Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ghidra before 12.1 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in client-side Shared-Project RMI connection code that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. Attackers can craft a malicious project file with a ghidra:// URL that, when opened via File → Open Project, deserializes untrusted objects using a Jython 2.7.4 gadget chain to execute arbitrary commands.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-52751 since 06/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 12.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

NationalSecurityAgency

Name

Ghidra

Version

12.0

Website

Product: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ghidra 12.1

Timelineinfo

06/08/2026 CVE reserved
06/10/2026 +2 days Advisory disclosed
06/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-52751 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-52751
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370146

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2026 15:37
Changes: 06/10/2026 15:37 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103