CVE-2026-6533

A flaw was found in Wireshark. A remote attacker could exploit a dissection engine LZ77 decompression crash by crafting a malicious packet. This vulnerability leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition, making the application unavailable.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

To mitigate this issue, users should avoid opening untrusted or suspicious packet capture files with Wireshark. Running Wireshark in a sandboxed environment can further limit the potential impact of processing malicious data.