PT-2026-36614 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Nils Bagge · Published 2026-05-02 · Updated 2026-05-05 · CVE-2026-6525

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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

Description A NULL pointer dereference occurs in the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector, which can lead to a crash of the application.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6525

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10686-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 57

• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21008 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6525 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6525 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-36.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10686-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6525 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6525 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6525 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6525 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6535 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6528 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6533 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5653 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5408 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6869 · Note