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CVE-2026-52754

HIGH
8.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
Ghidra before 12.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in PKIAuthenticationModule.authenticate() that allows any user with a valid CA-signed certificate to impersonate other users by presenting their public certificate with a null signature. Attackers can escalate privileges, modify repository access controls, exfiltrate shared reverse engineering databases, and permanently compromise server integrity.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-52754
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Reserved
2026-06-08 15:20 UTC
Published
2026-06-10 12:40 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-10 13:53 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-347
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Vendor / Product
nationalsecurityagency / ghidra
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
nationalsecurityagency ghidra — 0 < 12.1, 12.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-347 cna Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.8 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 HIGH 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References (4)
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