ESS protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
CVE-2026-76919
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 81% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 34(Track)EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 19%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 19, 2026
Last Modified
September 17, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026Malformed ESS BIT STRING can use uninitialized TVB pointer in attribute-flag dissection (#21467) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / Wireshark · GitLab
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21467Wireshark • Go Deep | Wireshark • wnpa-sec-2026-86 ESS protocol dissector crash
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-86.htmlVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76919(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | 4.0.10-1 ... 4.6.6-2 (50 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | 4.4.13-0+deb13u1 ... 4.4.9-1 (7 versions) | 4.4.18-0+deb13u1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | 4.4.7-1 ... 4.6.6-2 (16 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 106× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-19 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-08-31 19:20 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
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