CVE-2026-96419

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

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Sep 29, 2026
Updated: Sep 29, 2026
Reserved: Sep 23, 2026

Description

Profile import crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service and possible code execution

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	GitLab

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WiresharkWireshark Foundation	4.6.0 to before 4.6.9Affected 4.4.0 to before 4.4.19Affected

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-106.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21553

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