CVE-2026-115398
Received
Received - Intake
Ghidra Heap Exhaustion via Unbounded Archive Entries
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-115398, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-22
Last updated on: 2026-10-22
Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
Description
Ghidra before 12.2 contains a resource allocation without limits vulnerability in FileSystemIndexHelper used by TarFileSystem and ZipFileSystem, which store unbounded archive entries. Attackers can persuade a user to open or batch-import a crafted TAR or ZIP archive with excessive entries to exhaust the Java heap and hang the session.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| NationalSecurityAgency | ghidra | 0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-770 | The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated. |
