CVE-2026-15166
CVE-2026-15166: 2 tracked advisory records across GitLab, Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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GitLab
1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium5.5
Medium [CVE-2026-15166] GitLab: IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service
CVE-2026-15166Source published Source updated
IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service Affected product named by the advisory: GitLab.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- GitLab
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
Red Hat
1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium5.7
Medium [CVE-2026-15166] Denial of Service via IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash
CVE-2026-15166Source published Source updated
IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service A flaw was found in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network packet, which would cause the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector to crash. This issue results in a denial of service, making the Wireshark application unresponsive and unavailable to users. This Moderate impact flaw in Wireshark allows a denial of service when processing specially crafted IEEE 802.11 network packets. The vulnerability affects the availability of the Wireshark application, potentially disrupting network analysis operations, and requires an attacker to inject or present malicious 802.11 traffic to the system. Red Hat severity…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat package: wireshark
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- To mitigate this issue, avoid analyzing untrusted network traffic with Wireshark. Restrict the use of Wireshark to trusted environments where the source of network packets can be verified.
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