Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark by Riverbed Technology
CVE-2026-96419

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wireshark
Status
Wireshark
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-96419?

A vulnerability exists in Wireshark that can cause the application to crash when importing profiles, impacting versions from 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18. This flaw could potentially lead to denial of service and unauthorized code execution, compromising the integrity of network analysis operations. Users are encouraged to update to the latest versions to mitigate security risks. For more details, consult the official security advisory.

Affected Version(s)

Wireshark 4.6.0 < 4.6.9

Wireshark 4.4.0 < 4.4.19

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-106.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21553

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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