CVE-2026-5656

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 96% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: April 30, 2026 (70 days ago)
Last Modified: April 30, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Fix Available: ✓ Yes
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in Wireshark. A path traversal can occur when a malformed configuration profile is imported, resulting in a denial of service or potentially in code execution.

CWE

CWE-22

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Fix Status

✅ Fix Available

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 gitlab.com 🔗 www.wireshark.org