CVE-2026-115396CWE-409

CVE-2026-115396

Medium · published October 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ghidra 10.3 before 12.2 contains an improper handling of highly compressed data vulnerability in ThemeReader.processIconFile() that fails to limit decompressed size or compression ratio. Attackers can persuade a user to import a crafted theme ZIP whose icon entries expand to fill the host filesystem, causing later writes to fail.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
6.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00121 · 1.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Published
2026-10-22T23:17Z
References (5)
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/2c2bc5be182d655c9df418ac35b9782f39b6a784 · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.2_build · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-6mj8-x8x9-7gxq · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-10.3-before-12.2-denial-of-service-via-compressed-theme-archive · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 OCT 03:52Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 22 OCT 19:14Z
    Ghidra 10.3 before 12.2 Denial of Service via Compressed Theme Archive
    cvelistv5
  • 22 OCT 19:14Z
    Ghidra 10.3 before 12.2 Denial of Service via Compressed Theme Archive
    cvelistv5