CVE-2025-11626: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2025

CVE-2025-11626

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

5.5

CVSS

0.1%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

MONGO dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.9 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.13 allows denial of service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation

4.4.0 before 4.4.10; 4.2.0 before 4.2.14 · source: vendor, NVD

Affected product

Wireshark

Wireshark Foundation

All Wireshark CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11626

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11626

Issue Tracking

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20724

Vendor Advisory

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-04.html