CVE-2026-95389 Wireshark - Denial of Service

Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 and 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 contains a denial of service caused by a crash in the SCTP protocol dissector, letting remote attackers cause application crash, exploit requires crafted network packets.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
Proof of concept available
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.38% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
29 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-122

Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 4.6.8 or 4.4.18.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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