Medium 4.8Published Jun 10, 2026

CVE-2026-52756Ghidra < 12.2 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Debugger ISF Server

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:30 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Ghidra before 12.2 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the IsfServer that accepts TCP connections and passes client-supplied namespace strings directly to filesystem operations without validation. Remote attackers can connect to port 54321 and send crafted protobuf messages with traversal sequences to enumerate filesystem paths and probe arbitrary files.

CVSS: 4.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

nationalsecurityagency ghidra nationalsecurityagency:ghidra (from the name)	before 12.2; 12.2 not affected	CNA record
nsa ghidra nsa:ghidra	through 12.1.2	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-8pr2-46mf-v2r2	vendor-advisory, exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-unauthenticated-path-traversal-in-debugger-isf-server	third-party-advisory

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