CVE-2026-5656

high

Description

Profile import path traversal in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service and possible code execution

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-21.html

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5656.json

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/21115

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464276

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5656

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26182

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20600

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-01

Updated: 2026-06-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013