PT-2026-67447 · U.S. National Security Agency · Ghidra

Sanket Sharma · CVE-2026-18718 · Published 2026-08-03 · Updated 2026-08-03

NVD

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ghidra contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Swift demangler analyzer that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary binaries by supplying a malicious Ghidra project with a crafted Swift tool directory path. When a victim opens the attacker-supplied project, SwiftDemanglerAnalyzer restores the persisted Swift binary directory from project state and SwiftNativeDemangler executes the resolved binary without integrity or signature verification, causing attacker-controlled executables to run under the Ghidra process user with no prompt or confirmation.

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-18718

Affected Products

Ghidra

References · 6

• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/security/advisories/GHSA-pcfh-853f-q3gh · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/commit/c03a70d · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18718 · Security Note
• https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra · Note
• https://app.notion.com/p/Conditional-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-via-Swift-Demangler-Analyzer-ACE-GHIDRA-3a650723849f80679876df165fe4368b · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/ghidra-swift-demangler-analyzer-arbitrary-code-execution-via-project-state · Note