CVE-2026-4946
NSA Ghidra Auto-Analysis Annotation Command Execution
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.8%
Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.
- Affected
- NSA · Ghidra
- CVSS v3.1 TAKEONME
- 8.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 55th percentile
- Published
- 2026-03-29
- Updated
- 2026-03-30
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- ssung099/Vulnerability-Labs0★ · 2026-06-12
Security advisories
- NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-mc3p-mq2p-xw6v
- https://takeonme.org/gcves/GCVE-1337-2026-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000…