CVE-2026-4946 (GCVE-0-2026-4946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-29 19:35 – Updated: 2026-03-30 15:00
VLAI
Title
NSA Ghidra Auto-Analysis Annotation Command Execution
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection')
Assigner
AHA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NSA Ghidra Affected: 0 , < 12.0.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-03-29 18:37
Credits
Mobasi Security Team todb of AHA!
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