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CVE-2026-76890
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark — Expired Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U N N H 6.5 .0022 10.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Wireshark 4.6.0 – —
TIMELINE
Aug 19 Reserved by GitLab
Aug 19 Published (CNA: GitLab)
Aug 31 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-76890 (Wireshark Foundation Wireshark). Public exploit reference added.
Aug 31 RESCORED — CVE-2026-76890 (Wireshark Foundation Wireshark). CVSS 3.1 → 6.5 (NVD).
Description
Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| August 19, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitLab |
| August 19, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitLab) |
| August 31, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-76890 (Wireshark Foundation Wireshark). Public exploit reference added. |
| August 31, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-76890 (Wireshark Foundation Wireshark). CVSS 3.1 → 6.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Wireshark Foundation | Wireshark | — | 4.6.0 | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-76890 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
