CVE-2026-6535

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 99% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: April 30, 2026 (71 days ago)
Last Modified: April 30, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in Wireshark's dissection engine. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet. This could trigger a zlib decompression crash, leading to a denial of service and making the application unresponsive or causing it to terminate unexpectedly.

CWE

CWE-409

Affected Products

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

References

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