CVE-2026-96273

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96273
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-96273.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-96273
Aliases
  • GHSA-4w7g-wmg8-fgv5
Published
2026-09-23T00:29:51Z
Modified
2026-10-28T11:00:58Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Ghidra before 12.1.4 Denial of Service via Unreleased Lock in OptionsDB
Details

Ghidra before 12.1.4 fails to validate the TYPE_COL byte in OptionsDB.createUnregisteredOption(), causing an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException that leaves domain objects permanently locked. Attackers can craft a malicious program database file that, when imported, causes the application to stall and prevents resource cleanup or graceful shutdown.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-460",
        "CWE-667"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96273.json"
}
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
Fixed
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "12.1.4"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StandardRange"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "594da048431aab082a9da7c4a965874d07d33310"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        },
        {
            "original_tag": "Ghidra_12.1.4_build",
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "8b6bbb857accdfa20dc5b2f5dea471178c2e9fbc"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_TAG"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Ghidra_10.*
Ghidra_10.3_build
Ghidra_12.*
Ghidra_12.1.1_build
Ghidra_12.1.2_build
Ghidra_12.1.3_build
Ghidra_12.1_build
Ghidra_9.*
Ghidra_9.0.1_build

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-96273.json"
vanir_signatures
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        "deprecated": false,
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            "length": 379
        },
        "id": "CVE-2026-96273-52cea423",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency/ghidra/commit/594da048431aab082a9da7c4a965874d07d33310",
        "target": {
            "file": "Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/data/AbstractTransactionManager.java",
            "function": "lock"
        }
    },
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        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency/ghidra/commit/594da048431aab082a9da7c4a965874d07d33310",
        "target": {
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        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-10-28T11:00:58Z"