CVE-2026-96273CWE-460CWE-667

CVE-2026-96273

Medium · published September 23, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ghidra before 12.1.4 fails to validate the TYPE_COL byte in OptionsDB.createUnregisteredOption(), causing an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException that leaves domain objects permanently locked. Attackers can craft a malicious program database file that, when imported, causes the application to stall and prevents resource cleanup or graceful shutdown.

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
0.00096 · 0.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-460 · Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception; CWE-667 · Improper Locking
Published
2026-09-23T05:16Z
References (6)
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/Ghidra_12.1.3_build/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/data/OptionsDB.java#L358-L366 · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/594da048431aab082a9da7c4a965874d07d33310 · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/releases/tag/Ghidra_12.1.4_build · [email protected]https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-4w7g-wmg8-fgv5 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-before-12.1.4-denial-of-service-via-crafted-database · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 SEP 03:25Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 23 SEP 00:29Z
    Ghidra before 12.1.4 Denial of Service via Crafted Database
    cvelistv5