CVE-2019-13625 — NSA Ghidra before 9

NSA Ghidra before 9.0.1 allows XXE when a project is opened or restored, or a tool is imported, as demonstrated by a project.prp file.

01What is this vulnerability?

NSA Ghidra before 9.0.1 allows XXE when a project is opened or restored, or a tool is imported, as demonstrated by a project.prp file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-17T02:38:32.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:57:39.540Z

09References

• blog.fxiao.me — http://blog.fxiao.me/ghidra/
• xlab.tencent.com — https://xlab.tencent.com/en/2019/03/18/ghidra-from-xxe-to-rce/
• github.com — https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/71