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CVE-2026-5656: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Wireshark

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-05-01 · updated 2026-07-15
• Weakness: CWE-22

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

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 4.4.0 before 4.4.15; from 4.6.0 before 4.6.5 — fixed in 4.4.15, 4.6.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.4.15, 4.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/21115
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-21.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20600
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26182
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5656
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464276
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5656.json

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