Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Wireshark - CVE-2026-95393

 

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Wireshark - CVE-2026-95393

Published: September 24, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU151895
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-95393
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of malformed packets in the CSN.1 protocol dissector when processing captured network traffic. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire to cause a denial of service.

The issue can also be triggered when a user opens a malformed packet trace file.


Affected software

Wireshark
openEuler
wireshark
wireshark-help
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2026-95393

Install security update from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 4.4.19, 4.6.9
wireshark - update to 4.4.19-1
wireshark-help - update to 4.4.19-1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.4.19-1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 4.4.19-1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 4.4.19-1

External References

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