CVE•Published 2026-06-10•Modified 2026-07-14•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-49498Nsa · Ghidra
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
17
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 83% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Ghidra 11.0 before 12.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the changePassword() method of PostgresFunctionDatabase that fails to escape double quotes in usernames interpolated into ALTER ROLE statements. Authenticated attackers can inject SQL commands via crafted username parameters in PasswordChange network messages to escalate to PostgreSQL superuser privileges and gain full database control.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-10
Modified 2026-07-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-49498Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Nsa Ghidra"All exposed Nsa Ghidra instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ghidra"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ghidra" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-49498Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-49498Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-49498Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-49498GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-49498" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-49498 on GitHub.