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CVE-2026-15171

CVE-2026-15171: 2 tracked advisory records across GitLab, Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.

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1 advisory

Red Hat

1 advisory
  • Advisory severityMedium5.5

    Medium [CVE-2026-15171] Denial of service via SSH protocol dissector crash

    CVE-2026-15171Source published Source updated

    SSH 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's SSH (Secure Shell) protocol dissector. A remote attacker could craft a malicious network capture file that, when opened by a user, would cause the Wireshark application to crash. This vulnerability leads to a denial of service, preventing the user from analyzing network traffic. This issue requires user interaction to open a malicious file, limiting its impact to the availability of the Wireshark application for network traffic analysis. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-1286. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red…

    Affected products in this advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

    2 more entries in the full advisory.

    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
    • Users should avoid opening untrusted or suspicious network capture files with Wireshark. Running Wireshark in a sandboxed environment can further limit the impact of potential crashes. No direct configuration options are available to prevent this flaw without affecting Wireshark's core functionality.
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