CVE-2026-4946 — NSA Ghidra Auto-Analysis Annotation Command Execution
Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analys…
Published: 2026-03-29 · CVSS: 8.8 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7