CVE-2026-49497Disclosure(nsa / ghidra)

LOWCVSS 4.6 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before constructing file paths. Attackers can craft malicious ELF binaries with traversal sequences to probe filesystem existence and leak CRC32 hashes of arbitrary files during automatic DWARF analysis.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-22

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • ghidra

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
ghidra

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-06-10: 2Technical Details · 2026-06-10: 206-10
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-49497 Path Traversal in Ghidra Before 12.1 SameDirDebugInfoProvider ELF Processing https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-49497

    Post summary

    The text announces a path‑traversal vulnerability affecting Ghidra versions prior to 12.1 in its ELF processing component, without mentioning any PoC, exploit, or patch.

    0000038
    4.0K followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-49497 Ghidra before 12.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in SameDirDebugInfoProvider that fails to validate filenames from ELF binary .gnu_debuglink sections before… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49497

    Post summary

    The tweet announces CVE-2026-49497, detailing a path traversal vulnerability in Ghidra’s SameDirDebugInfoProvider related to unvalidated ELF .gnu_debuglink filenames, with no mention of exploits, patches, or active exploitation.

    00000125
    57.6K followersView on X
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