Bug 2464276 (CVE-2026-5656)

Summary: CVE-2026-5656 wireshark: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Wireshark
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-01 00:01:39 UTC
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