CVE-2026-5409

Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

CVSS 5.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.1%CWE-674

Vexday Risk Score

33Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

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PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

30 Apr 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

Monero protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

public PoCs found — 1

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