A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Ettercap up to 0.8.3 . The affected element is the function FUNC_DECODER of the file src/dissectors/ec_gg.c of the component GG Dissector . The manipulation of the argument gg leads to heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-9365 . The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.