CVE-2026-43901 (GCVE-0-2026-43901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 21:51 – Updated: 2026-05-13 14:38
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Title
Wireshark MCP: Arbitrary file write via export_objects when WIRESHARK_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS is not configured
Summary
Wireshark MCP is an MCP Server that turns tshark into a structured analysis interface, then layers in optional Wireshark suite utilities. In 1.1.5 and earlier, wireshark-mcp exposes a wireshark_export_objects MCP tool that accepts an attacker-controlled dest_dir parameter and passes it to tshark's --export-objects flag with no mandatory path restriction. The path sandbox (_allowed_dirs) is None by default and only activates when the environment variable WIRESHARK_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS is explicitly set. In a default installation, any directory on the filesystem can be used as the export destination.
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bx33661 Wireshark-MCP Affected: <= 1.1.5
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