CVE-2026-5656

HIGH

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Wireshark

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark 4.4.0 - 4.4.15
Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark 4.6.0 - 4.6.5
Published Apr 30, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026