What’s New

Bug Fixes

This release fixes an API/ABI change that was introduced in Wireshark 4.6.1, which caused a compatibility issue with plugins built for Wireshark 4.6.0. Issue 20881.

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

The following bugs have been fixed:

  • ws_base32_decode should be named *_encode ? Issue 20754.

  • Omnipeek files not working in 4.6.1. Issue 20876.

  • Stack buffer overflow in wiretap/ber.c (ber_open) Issue 20878.

  • Plugins incompatibility between 4.6.0 & 4.6.1. Issue 20881.

  • Fuzz job crash: fuzz-2025-11-30-12266121180.pcap. Issue 20883.

New and Updated Features

  • The Windows installers now ship with the Visual C++ Redistributable version 14.44.35112. They previously shipped with 14.40.33807.

New Protocol Support

There are no new protocols in this release.

Updated Protocol Support

ATM PW, COSEM, COTP, DECT NR+, DMP, Fc00, GTP, HTTP3, IEEE 802.15.4, ISIS HELLO, ISOBUS, MAC-LTE, MAUSB, MEGACO, MPEG DSM-CC, OsmoTRXD, PTP, RLC, SAPDIAG, and SMTP

New and Updated Capture File Support

Peektagged

New and Updated File Format Decoding Support

There is no new or updated file format support in this release.