CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-5656

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

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

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

wiresharkDebian

Fixed in:4.4.15-0+deb13u1CVE-2026-5656

Fixed in:4.6.5-1CVE-2026-5656

wiresharkRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

wiresharkRocky

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

wireshark-cliRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

wireshark-cliRocky

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

wireshark-cli-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

wireshark-cli-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

wireshark-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

wireshark-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

wireshark-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

wireshark-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

wireshark-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

wireshark-develRocky

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-10.el10_2RHSA-2026:20600

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Fixed in:1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.4RHSA-2026:26182

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

gitlab.com

Vendor Advisory1

wireshark.org

Other references5

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