High
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Wireshark
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-5656
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 04:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Wireshark
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 30 Apr 2026, 23:03 UTC
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
osv:CVE-2026-5656
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.604726565Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5656.json",
"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-21.html",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20600",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26182",
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"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5656.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5656",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464276",
"https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/21115"
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"published_at": "2026-04-30T23:03:58.516+00:00"
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