CVE-2026-5656 PUBLISHED

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Wireshark

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 06.04.2026 Published: 30.04.2026 Updated: 30.04.2026

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

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7

Product Status

Vendor Wireshark Foundation
Product Wireshark
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.6.0 to 4.6.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.4.0 to 4.4.15 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to version 4.6.5 or above

Credits

  • TODO finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE