MySQL protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
CVE-2026-6524
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-30. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 25(Track)EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 2.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 30, 2026
Last Modified
May 1, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Apr 30, 2026Wireshark • Go Deep | Wireshark • wnpa-sec-2026-37 MySQL protocol dissector crash
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-37.htmlPointer dereference via commented out initialization in MySQL dissector (#21172) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / Wireshark · GitLab
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21172Weakness Classification(1)
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