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

2026-06-10T12:40:46Z

Modified

2026-10-21T02:30:59Z

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

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

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/nationalsecurityagency/ghidra

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency/ghidra

Events

Introduced

Fixed

7e89d94e3478f0b1931c34882a0f606fdb06961f

Fixed

78729379e471bbb3d969409be6a8c3d24af84220

Fixed

79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca

Database specific

Show details

{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "12.1"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "78729379e471bbb3d969409be6a8c3d24af84220"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "79d8f164f8bb8b15cfb60c5d4faeb8e1c25d15ca"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

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