Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2026-95395Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Wireshark

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Wireshark from Wireshark Foundation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor protocol dissector memory leak in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12wiresharkno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-95395
Debian:13wireshark4.4.19-0+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-95395
Debian:14wireshark4.6.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-95395
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-95395
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-95395
Ubuntu:26.10wiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-95395

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.6.0 – before 4.6.94.4.0 – before 4.4.19

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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