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CVE-2026-96419

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

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2026-09-29
  • Fixed in4.6.9 · 4.4.19
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

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

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-09-2910:17CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Wireshark
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.6≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.94.6.9
4.4≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.194.4.19

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-96419 Red Hat Product Security4 known affected

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

    wireshark as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · wireshark-cli as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · wireshark-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · +1 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Wireshark to 4.6.9 · 4.4.19
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2026-96419 · 4 productsMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
  3. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2026-96419 · 4 productsFix deferred

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2026-09-29
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.15.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.2 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2026-09-29
Last Modified
2026-10-08
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96419?

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

Is CVE-2026-96419 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2026-96419, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-96419?

CVE-2026-96419 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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