7.8

CVE-2026-5656: wireshark foundation wireshark Path Traversal

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5656DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5656
Published 30-04-2026Last modified 15-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5656 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10686-1RHSA-2026:20600RHSA-2026:26182SUSE-SU-2026:2437-1SUSE-SU-2026:3501-1

Timeline

  1. 30-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.15-0+deb13u1 | < 4.6.5-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.15 | ≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.5
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.5 | ≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.15

4 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links