| Name | CVE-2026-96421 |
| Description | USB HID protocol dissector infinite loop and memory leak in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-6541-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1149644 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.0.17-0+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 4.4.18-0+deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie (security) | 4.4.19-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky | 4.6.6-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 4.6.6-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-103
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/21566