PT-2026-36061

CVE-2026-6523

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Published

2026-04-11

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Updated

2026-08-05

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 4.6.0 through 4.6.4 Wireshark versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.14
Description An infinite loop in the GNW protocol dissector allows for a denial of service.
Recommendations Update Wireshark versions 4.6.0 through 4.6.4 to a version newer than 4.6.4. Update Wireshark versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.14 to a version newer than 4.4.14.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (\'Infinite Loop\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2026-6523
BDU:2026-06386
AZL-85160
OESA-2026-2225
OESA-2026-2226
OESA-2026-2227
OESA-2026-2228
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10686-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20685-1
SUSE-SU-2026:21559-1
SUSE-SU-2026:2203-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3501-1
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