NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0.3 ZIP File path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ZIP File Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-52755. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.0.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component ZIP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ghidra before 12.0.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the theme import functionality that allows attackers to write files outside the intended theme directory. Attackers can craft malicious theme ZIP files with traversal sequences in filenames to execute arbitrary code or modify sensitive files like .bashrc or .ssh/authorized_keys.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-52755 since 06/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 12.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• NationalSecurityAgency

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• Ghidra

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• 12.0.0
• 12.0.1
• 12.0.2
• 12.0.3

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

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