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Ghidra (NSA Reverse Engineering)

Auto-generated by Q-Branch Armory audit on 2026-10-12.

Overview

NSA's software reverse engineering framework — disassembly, decompilation, scripting.

Classification

  • **Category:** Reverse engineering tools
  • **Armory status:** Installed (ghidra)
  • **Q-Branch check:** Ready — binary found in PATH
  • **Present on VPS3:** yes
  • **Installed flag:** yes
  • **Primary binary:** `ghidra`
  • **Binary in PATH:** yes
  • **Resolved path:** `/usr/local/bin/ghidra`

    • Prerequisites

  • docker
  • go
  • java
  • root
  • ruby
  • wifi

    • Install

    
sudo apt-get install -y ghidra || echo 'Download from https://ghidra-sre.org/'

    Run

    
ghidra --help || echo 'Run: ghidraRun'

    Operator notes

  • Launch from the [Digital Armory](/pentest/armory/) — do not maintain parallel tool lists in Q-Branch.
  • If the Q-Branch check is not **Ready**, run install steps or update the HackingTool manifest before relying on this tool in an engagement.
  • For authorized TenguProtect red-team work only.

    • Reference

    https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra

    Tags

    `backend-hexstrike`