CVE-2026-49495

Ghidra 10.2 before 12.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in ExportTrie.parseTrie() that lacks cycle detection when traversing Mach-O binary export tries. A crafted Mach-O binary with circular references in the export trie causes unbounded queue growth and exponential string concatenation, triggering OutOfMemoryError that crashes the entire JVM and loses all unsaved work.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-wm33-9f68-3vjg	Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-denial-of-service-via-circular-reference-in-mach-o-export-trie-parser	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-wm33-9f68-3vjg	Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nsa:ghidra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-10 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 22:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-49495

Mitre link : CVE-2026-49495

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-49495

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nsa

ghidra

CWE

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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