CVE-2026-52754

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52754
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-52754.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-52754
Aliases
  • GHSA-5wxq-7qpv-65p2
Published
2026-06-10T12:40:46.463Z
Modified
2026-07-16T03:30:55.755304013Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Ghidra < 12.1 - Authentication Bypass via Null Signature in PKIAuthenticationModule
Details

Ghidra before 12.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in PKIAuthenticationModule.authenticate() that allows any user with a valid CA-signed certificate to impersonate other users by presenting their public certificate with a null signature. Attackers can escalate privileges, modify repository access controls, exfiltrate shared reverse engineering databases, and permanently compromise server integrity.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-347"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/52xxx/CVE-2026-52754.json",
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/nationalsecurityagency/ghidra

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency/ghidra
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
7e89d94e3478f0b1931c34882a0f606fdb06961f
Fixed
78729379e471bbb3d969409be6a8c3d24af84220
Fixed
79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "12.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Ghidra_10.*
Ghidra_10.3_build
Ghidra_12.*
Ghidra_12.0_build
Ghidra_9.*
Ghidra_9.0.1_build

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-52754.json"