CVE-2026-52754: Ghidra < 12.1 - Authentication Bypass via Null Signature in PKIAuthenticationModule
nationalsecurityagency · ghidra
Fixed in 12.1 · Affected: nationalsecurityagency ghidra before 12.1 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 16% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- nationalsecurityagency · ghidrabefore 12.1
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- nationalsecurityagency
- Published
- June 2026
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