Wireshark 4.6.8 Released With Patch for 28 Vulnerabilities That Lead to Crashes
Brief
The Wireshark Foundation has officially rolled out Wireshark 4.
- 8, a security update that patches 28 distinct vulnerabilities capable of triggering application crashes across the network protocol analyzer.
As the world’s most widely used tool for network troubleshooting, protocol analysis, software development, and education, Wireshark is a staple for security operations centers (SOCs) and network engineering teams.
Addressing these Wireshark DoS vulnerabilities is critical to preventing unexpected analysis outages during live packet captures or incident response workflows.
Wireshark 4.
- 8 Patches 28 Vulnerabilities
Tracked under security advisories wnpa-sec-2026-64 through wnpa-sec-2026-91, the patched vulnerabilities span a broad range of protocol dissectors and internal components.