CVE-2026-15166

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-08. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

[Security] 802.11 EAPOL-Key decryption: stack buffer overflow in Dot11DecryptDecryptKeyData() (#21391) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / Wireshark · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21391

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15166(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-27 15:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-26 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-26 12:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-16 10:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-15 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-14 06:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-13 04:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-12 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-09 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-08 21:12 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-08 21:10 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15166?
CVE-2026-15166 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service
When was CVE-2026-15166 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15166 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15166 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15166 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15166?
CVE-2026-15166 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15166?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15166, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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