The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3501-1 advisory.

    Update to version 4.6.7:

    - CVE-2026-5299: ICMPv6 dissector crash (bsc#1263757).
    - CVE-2026-5401: AFP dissector crash (bsc#1263756).
    - CVE-2026-5402: TLS dissector crash and possible code execution (bsc#1263755).
    - CVE-2026-5403: SBC audio codec crash (bsc#1263765).
    - CVE-2026-5404: K12 RF5 file parser crash (bsc#1263766).
    - CVE-2026-5405: RDP dissector crash (bsc#1263767).
    - CVE-2026-5406: FC-SWILS dissector crash (bsc#1263754).
    - CVE-2026-5407: SMB2 dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263753).
    - CVE-2026-5408: BT-DHT dissector crash (bsc#1263752).
    - CVE-2026-5409: Monero dissector crash (bsc#1263751).
    - CVE-2026-5653: DCP-ETSI dissector crash (bsc#1263750).
    - CVE-2026-5654: AMR-NB audio codec crash (bsc#1263749).
    - CVE-2026-5655: SDP dissector crash (bsc#1263748).
    - CVE-2026-5656: Profile import crash and possible code execution (bsc#1263809).
    - CVE-2026-5657: iLBC audio codec crash (bsc#1263747).
    - CVE-2026-6519: MBIM protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263746).
    - CVE-2026-6520: OpenFlow v6 protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263745).
    - CVE-2026-6521: OpenFlow v5 protocol dissector infinite loops (bsc#1263744).
    - CVE-2026-6522: RPKI-Router protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263743).
    - CVE-2026-6523: GNW protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263742).
    - CVE-2026-6524: MySQL protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263741).
    - CVE-2026-6525: IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263810).
    - CVE-2026-6526: RTSP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263740).
    - CVE-2026-6527: ASN.1 PER dissector crash (bsc#1263739).
    - CVE-2026-6528: TLS protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263738).
    - CVE-2026-6529: iLBC audio codec crash (bsc#1263737).
    - CVE-2026-6530: DCP-ETSI protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263736).
    - CVE-2026-6531: SANE protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263735).
    - CVE-2026-6532: Kismet protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263734).
    - CVE-2026-6533: Dissection engine LZ77 decompression crash (bsc#1263733).
    - CVE-2026-6534: USB HID dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263732).
    - CVE-2026-6535: Dissection engine zlib decompression crash (bsc#1263731).
    - CVE-2026-6536: DLMS/COSEM dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263730).
    - CVE-2026-6537: ZigBee dissector crash (bsc#1263729).
    - CVE-2026-6538: BEEP dissector crash (bsc#1263728).
    - CVE-2026-6867: SMB2 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263727).
    - CVE-2026-6868: HTTP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263762).
    - CVE-2026-6869: WebSocket protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263726).
    - CVE-2026-6870: GSM RP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263725).
    - CVE-2026-7375: UDS protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263761).
    - CVE-2026-7376: Sharkd utility crash (bsc#1263760).
    - CVE-2026-7378: Sharkd utility crash (bsc#1263759).
    - CVE-2026-7379: Sharkd utility memory leak (bsc#1263758).
    - CVE-2026-9759: ROHC protocol dissector crash (bsc#1266670).
    - CVE-2026-15163: Denial of Service via multiple protocol dissector infinite loops (bsc#1271133).
    - CVE-2026-15164: Denial of Service vulnerability in ciscodump (bsc#1271134).
    - CVE-2026-15165: Denial of Service via TLS ECH decryptor crash (bsc#1271135).
    - CVE-2026-15166: Denial of Service via IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271136).
    - CVE-2026-15167: Denial of Service via DBS Etherwatch file parser crash (bsc#1271137).
    - CVE-2026-15168: BLF file parser allows possible information disclosure (bsc#1271138).
    - CVE-2026-15169: Denial of Service via UMTS FP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271139).
    - CVE-2026-15170: Denial of service via Z39.50 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271140).
    - CVE-2026-15171: Denial of service via SSH protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271141).
    - CVE-2026-15172: Denial of service via FMP/NOTIFY protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271142).
    - CVE-2026-15173: Denial of Service via pcapng file parser crash (bsc#1271143).
    - CVE-2026-15174: Denial of Service via Catapult DCT2000 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271144).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - BLF file parser in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows possible information disclosure     (CVE-2026-15168)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21534-1 advisory.

    Update to version 4.4.17.

    - CVE-2026-6867: SMB2 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263727).
    - CVE-2026-7375: UDS protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263761).
    - CVE-2026-7376: Sharkd utility crash (bsc#1263760).
    - CVE-2026-7378: Sharkd utility crash (bsc#1263759).
    - CVE-2026-7379: Sharkd utility memory leak (bsc#1263758).
    - CVE-2026-9759: ROHC protocol dissector crash (bsc#1266670).
    - CVE-2026-15163: Denial of Service via multiple protocol dissector infinite loops (bsc#1271133).
    - CVE-2026-15164: Denial of Service vulnerability in ciscodump (bsc#1271134).
    - CVE-2026-15166: Denial of Service via IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271136).
    - CVE-2026-15167: Denial of Service via DBS Etherwatch file parser crash (bsc#1271137).
    - CVE-2026-15168: BLF file parser allows possible information disclosure (bsc#1271138).
    - CVE-2026-15169: Denial of Service via UMTS FP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271139).
    - CVE-2026-15170: Denial of service via Z39.50 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271140).
    - CVE-2026-15171: Denial of service via SSH protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271141).
    - CVE-2026-15172: Denial of service via FMP/NOTIFY protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271142).
    - CVE-2026-15174: Denial of Service via Catapult DCT2000 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271144).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.6.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.8 advisory.

  - Pcapng file parser crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76929)

  - C12.22 protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76879, CVE-2026-76886)

  - Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76890,     CVE-2026-76891)

  - UMTS FP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76889)

  - RDP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76888)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.4.18. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.18 advisory.

  - Pcapng file parser crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76929)

  - C12.22 protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76879, CVE-2026-76886)

  - Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76890,     CVE-2026-76891)

  - UMTS FP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76889)

  - RDP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76888)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-bc152c9ff6 advisory.

    Latest wireshark version includes fixes for the following CVEs:
    CVE-2026-15163     CVE-2026-15164     CVE-2026-15165     CVE-2026-15166     CVE-2026-15167     CVE-2026-15168     CVE-2026-15169     CVE-2026-15170     CVE-2026-15171     CVE-2026-15172     CVE-2026-15173     CVE-2026-15174

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.6.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.8 advisory.

  - Pcapng file parser crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76929)

  - C12.22 protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76879, CVE-2026-76886)

  - Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76890,     CVE-2026-76891)

  - UMTS FP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76889)

  - RDP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76888)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.4.18. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.18 advisory.

  - Pcapng file parser crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76929)

  - C12.22 protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76879, CVE-2026-76886)

  - Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-76890,     CVE-2026-76891)

  - UMTS FP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76889)

  - RDP protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-76888)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6471 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6471-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     August 27, 2026                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : wireshark     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-15163 CVE-2026-15164 CVE-2026-15166 CVE-2026-15167                      CVE-2026-15168 CVE-2026-15169 CVE-2026-15170 CVE-2026-15171                      CVE-2026-15172 CVE-2026-15174 CVE-2026-76879 CVE-2026-76880                      CVE-2026-76881 CVE-2026-76882 CVE-2026-76883 CVE-2026-76884                      CVE-2026-76885 CVE-2026-76886 CVE-2026-76887 CVE-2026-76888                      CVE-2026-76889 CVE-2026-76890 CVE-2026-76891 CVE-2026-76917                      CVE-2026-76918 CVE-2026-76919 CVE-2026-76920 CVE-2026-76921                      CVE-2026-76922 CVE-2026-76923 CVE-2026-76924 CVE-2026-76926                      CVE-2026-76927 CVE-2026-76928 CVE-2026-76929

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discocvered in Wireshark, a network     protocol analyzer which could result in denial of service or the     execution of arbitrary code.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 4.4.18-0+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

    For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
333022	SUSE SLED15: libwireshark19 / libwiretap16 / libwsutil17 / wireshark / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3501-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/6/2026	8/7/2026	high
325949	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-15168	Nessus	Misc.	7/9/2026	9/7/2026	low
333267	openSUSE 16: libwireshark18 / libwiretap15 / libwsutil16 / wireshark / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21534-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/7/2026	8/10/2026	low
338409	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	8/20/2026	9/3/2026	critical
338411	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	8/20/2026	9/3/2026	critical
328443	Fedora 44 : wireshark (2026-bc152c9ff6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	low
338408	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	8/20/2026	9/3/2026	critical
338410	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	8/20/2026	9/3/2026	critical
341052	Debian dsa-6471 : libwireshark-data - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/27/2026	8/31/2026	critical

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