Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before constructing file paths. Attackers can craft malicious ELF binaries with traversal sequences to probe filesystem existence and leak CRC32 hashes of arbitrary files during automatic DWARF analysis.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
nationalsecurityagency ghidra unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 12.1
12.1 unaffected —

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https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-via-gnu-debuglink-in-dwarf-external-debug-file-resolution cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before constructing file paths. Attackers can craft malicious ELF binaries with traversal sequences to probe filesystem existence and leak CRC32 hashes of arbitrary files during automatic DWARF analysis.
Title Ghidra < 12.1 - Path Traversal via .gnu_debuglink in DWARF External Debug File Resolution
First Time appeared Nsa
Nsa ghidra
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nsa
Nsa ghidra
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T12:37:59.471Z

Reserved: 2026-05-31T11:54:34.994Z

Link: CVE-2026-49497

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T14:16:34.643

Modified: 2026-06-10T14:16:34.643

Link: CVE-2026-49497

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