NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.1.2 PDB parser AbstractPdb deserialization routine resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.1.2 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function AbstractPdb deserialization routine of the component PDB parser. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-54389. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NationalSecurityAgency Ghidra up to 12.1.2. Affected by this issue is the function AbstractPdb deserialization routine of the component PDB parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Ghidra before 12.1.3 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the PDB parser that allows attackers to terminate the Ghidra process by supplying a crafted PDB file with an oversized parameters section. The AbstractPdb deserialization routine reads all remaining parameters into an unbounded list, causing uncontrolled heap growth that triggers an OutOfMemoryError which bypasses exception handling and crashes the application.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-54389 since 06/12/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 12.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• NationalSecurityAgency

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• Ghidra

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• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2

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

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