Infinite loop Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.13)[4.6.0-rc0,4.6.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-15007391
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed14 Jan 2026
  • creditTom Needham

Introduced: 14 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-0960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.4.13, 4.6.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop in the HTTP3 protocol dissector while decrypting traffic. An attacker can cause the application to become unresponsive by providing a specially crafted HTTP3 packet capture file.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding the opening of untrusted or suspicious packet capture files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1