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title: "CVE-2026-95389: Wireshark - Denial of Service"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-95389/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95389)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95389](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95389)
- [https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work\_items/21481](https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21481)
- [https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-93.html](https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-93.html)

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