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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-0962 is a Wireshark crash flaw in the SOME/IP-SD protocol parser. It affects Wireshark 4.6.0 through 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 through 4.4.12. The documented impact is denial of service, not data theft or system takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a routine but time-bound patching item for security, network, and automotive/embedded analysis teams. Business impact is limited to analyst tool disruption, but affected workstations should be remediated to avoid operational interruptions.
Technical view
The CVE describes a CWE-787 out-of-bounds write in Wireshark’s SOME/IP-SD dissector. CVSS 3.1 is 5.3 with network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges, required user interaction, and availability-only impact. Affected ranges are 4.6.0-4.6.2 and 4.4.0-4.4.12.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant to systems where analysts use affected Wireshark versions to open captures or inspect traffic containing SOME/IP-SD data. Servers are not described as affected unless Wireshark is installed and used there.
Exploitation context
No active exploitation is indicated in the provided sources, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. The practical risk is disruption of packet analysis workflows through a Wireshark crash requiring user interaction.
Researcher notes
The public bundle identifies the flaw class, affected ranges, protocol dissector, CVSS vector, and denial-of-service impact. The GitLab issue is referenced but marked permissions-required, so deeper root-cause details are not confirmed here.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Wireshark installations and versions across analyst workstations and shared analysis systems.
- Prioritize systems running Wireshark 4.6.0-4.6.2 or 4.4.0-4.4.12.
- Follow the Wireshark advisory for fixed releases or vendor-recommended remediation.
- Limit opening untrusted captures on affected versions until remediated.
Validation and detection
- Check installed Wireshark version against the affected ranges.
- Confirm whether SOME/IP-SD analysis is used in your environment.
- Review the Wireshark advisory for remediation status and applicable release notes.
- Track CVE-2026-0962 in vulnerability management until affected installs are remediated.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H1.63.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-03.htmlCVE reference
- GitLab Issue #20945CVE reference · issue-tracking, permissions-required
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