CVE•Published 2026-06-10•Modified 2026-06-11•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-52754Nsa · 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
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-10
Modified 2026-06-11
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-2026-52754Hosts 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-2026-52754Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-52754Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-52754Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-52754GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-52754" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-52754 on GitHub.