5.5

CVE-2026-96422: wireshark foundation wireshark Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-96422DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96422
Published 29-09-2026Last modified 29-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-96422 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2026-0493OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11912-1

Timeline

  1. 29-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Frame protocol metadissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

29-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

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) | < 4.4.19-0+deb13u1 | < 4.6.9-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.19 | ≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.9
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.9 | ≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.19

4 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links