High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2026· Updated May 1, 2026

CVE-2026-5656

Description

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

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Wireshark/Wireshark2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.4.0,<4.4.15
- (no CPE)range: 4.4.0 to 4.4.14, 4.6.0 to 4.6.4
osv-coords3 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6
< 4.6.5-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.6.5-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.14-150600.18.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.14-150600.18.41.1