CVE-2026-115395: Ghidra resource exhaustion in theme ZIP extraction

CVE-2026-115395 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.5 · Published 2026-10-22

Ghidra is a reverse engineering framework used by security analysts and developers. An attacker can craft a malicious theme archive that, when imported by a user, extracts unlimited files to exhaust disk space and inodes, rendering the system unusable and denying service.

Technologies: National Security Agency Ghidra. Vendors: National Security Agency.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-115395 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-115395 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-115395?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 22 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
National Security Agency Ghidra 10.3 before 12.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-115395?
Yes: fixed in 12.2. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-115395 attacked?
It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-115395?
Check whether you run National Security Agency Ghidra at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 12.2

Technical details

A resource allocation without limits vulnerability exists in ThemeReader.readZipTheme() that extracts unlimited ZIP entries from theme archives. An attacker-supplied theme ZIP with many small files can exhaust inodes and disk space when imported by a user. The fix limits the maximum number of icon entries extracted from a theme archive to 3000.

Affected products

  • National Security Agency Ghidra 10.3 before 12.2

Timeline

  • 2026-10-22: disclosed

References

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