CVE-2026-6868

wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service via malicious network capture file

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 30, 2026

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Wireshark. A local user could be tricked into opening a specially crafted network capture file. This file, containing malicious HTTP data, could cause Wireshark to crash, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion