Path Traversal in Nationalsecurityagency Ghidra
CVE-2026-49497
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (7.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nationalsecurityagency Ghidra — versions 0, 12.1
- Nsa Ghidra
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-57g6-7qw2-p5hx (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-path-traversal-via-gnu-debuglink-in-dwarf-e… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-49497?
- CVE-2026-49497 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nationalsecurityagency Ghidra, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-06-10.
- How severe is CVE-2026-49497?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.