What is Wireshark?
Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
What’s New
We do not ship official 32-bit Windows packages for Wireshark 4.0 and later. If you need to use Wireshark on that platform, we recommend using the latest 3.6 release. Issue 17779
If you’re running Wireshark on macOS and upgraded to macOS 13 from an earlier version, you might have to open and run the “Uninstall ChmodBPF” package, then open and run “Install ChmodBPF” in order to reset the ChmodBPF Launch Daemon. Issue 18734.
Bug Fixes
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
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wnpa-sec-2023-27 RTPS dissector memory leak. Issue 19322. CVE-2023-5371.
The following bugs have been fixed:
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Updating from within Wireshark if a file is open fails because it can’t close Wireshark. Issue 17658.
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ESL timestamp provided by ET2000 not displayed. Issue 18308.
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Kafka: dissect_kafka_sync_group_request missing version check for instance_id. Issue 19290.
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Start Capture via context menu crashes on macOS with an older Qt version. Issue 19299.
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Delta time displayed is incorrect after unsetting time reference. Issue 19324.
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Fuzz job crash output: randpkt-2023-09-09-7060.pcap. Issue 19332.
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Missing one bit in SCCP::sequencing/segmenting. Issue 19336.
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Protobuf field malformed packet for last byte of 'repeated fixed32' Issue 19342.
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RTP/RFC 4571: Wrong desegmentation/reassembly in RTP over TCP packets. Issue 19345.
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Sparklines not working on macOS Sonoma with both native OS and Homebrew pcap. Issue 19349.
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Incorrect bit values and namings in BSS Configuration Report TLV. Issue 19352.
New and Updated Features
There are no new or updated features in this release.
New Protocol Support
There are no new protocols in this release.
Updated Protocol Support
ESL, GNW, IDN, IEEE 1722, IEEE 1905.1a, ITS, Kafka, ProtoBuf, RTP, RTPS, SCCP, TACACS, and Tibia
New and Updated Capture File Support
There is no new or updated capture file support in this release.
New File Format Decoding Support
There is no new or updated file format support in this release.
Getting Wireshark
Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
Vendor-supplied Packages
Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found on the download page on the Wireshark web site.
File Locations
Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
These locations vary from platform to platform.
You can use or tshark -G folders to find the default locations on your system.
Getting Help
The User’s Guide, manual pages and various other documentation can be found at https://www.wireshark.org/docs/
Community support is available on Wireshark’s Q&A site and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark’s mailing lists can be found on the web site.
Bugs and feature requests can be reported on the issue tracker.
You can learn protocol analysis and meet Wireshark’s developers at SharkFest.
How You Can Help
The Wireshark Foundation helps as many people as possible understand their networks as much as possible. You can find out more and donate at wiresharkfoundation.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
A complete FAQ is available on the Wireshark web site.