windows 32bit PE executable loses external refs from import table after default analysis

[nico-abram]

A windows 32bit PE executable I tried running ghidra on loses external refs from import table after default analysis

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Import the attached (At the bottom) binary into ghidra (It's the crackme from https://crackmes.one/crackme/5ab77f5333c5d40ad448c11a )
2. Open Ghidra CodeBrowser on it
3. Reject the analysis, and don't run any analysis
4. Examine the lstrcmpA import from kernel32.dll :

                            **************************************************************
                            *                POINTER to EXTERNAL FUNCTION                *
                            **************************************************************
                            undefined lstrcmpA()
            undefined         AL:1           <RETURN>
                            695  lstrcmpA  <<not bound>>
       00405034 7c 52 00 00     addr       KERNEL32.DLL::lstrcmpA

5. Run the default analysis
6. Check the address from earlier (0x00405034) The external refs were lost:

I've narrowed down the offending analysis to this set: apply data archives, call fix-up installers, data reference and subroutine references Running them together results in the issue, disabling any of them stops it.

Expected behavior I would expect the default analysis settings to not break/corrupt the import tables.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Java Version: openjdk 21.0.3
• Ghidra Version: 11.2 - DEVELOPMENT
• Ghidra Origin: Built myself (Also tested on 11.0.3)

file: crackme.zip