CVE-2026-76926 json
Reachable Assertion in Wireshark
published 2026-08-19 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-01 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-63163
- cvss
- 3.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
BUSMASTER file parser abnormal exit in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Patch / fix
- Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.4.18, 4.6.8
- wireshark Debian 13 4.4.18-0+deb13u1
- wireshark Debian 14 4.6.9-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76926
- wireshark SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 4.4.18-160000.1.1
- wireshark SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 4.6.8-150700.21.14.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24013-1SUSE-SU-2026:4379-1
- wireshark openSUSE Leap 16.0 4.4.18-160000.1.1
- wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.8-2.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22014-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11579-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-76926 updated cvss 3.1
wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of service via reachable assertion in BUSMASTER file parser
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 wireshark, wireshark-cli Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 wiresharkaffected: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, users should avoid opening untrusted or specially crafted BUSMASTER files with Wireshark. Exercise caution when handling files from unknown or suspicious sources.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wireshark, wireshark-clinot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21435 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Wireshark Foundation Wireshark
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
References
-
gitlab.com
/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21435
exploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory
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wireshark.org
/security/wnpa-sec-2026-70.html
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-76926
- NVD CVE-2026-76926
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.