CVE-2026-5656

Published: Apr 30, 2026

Modified: May 2, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wireshark Foundation	Wireshark	affected `4.6.0 - < 4.6.5` affected `4.4.0 - < 4.4.15`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

issue-tracking

permissions-required

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