CVE-2026-52751

Ghidra before 12.1 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in client-side Shared-Project RMI connection code that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. Attackers can craft a malicious project file with a ghidra:// URL that, when opened via File → Open Project, deserializes untrusted objects using a Jython 2.7.4 gadget chain to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS 4.0

8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-502

Published

2026-06-10

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• nsa:ghidra

References

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/91a269103fe5d133c14ec3afa60280dccb94be5c
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-fgg5-g275-7742
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-remote-code-execution-via-unfiltered-rmi-deserialization-in-shared-project-connection

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