CVE•Published 2026-09-29•Modified 2026-10-06•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-96421Wireshark · Wireshark
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
2
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 98% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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
Timeline
Published 2026-09-29
Modified 2026-10-06
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-96421Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Wireshark Wireshark"All exposed Wireshark Wireshark instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Wireshark"HTTP body or banner mentions "Wireshark" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-96421Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-96421Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-96421Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-96421GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-96421" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
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