Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-102558Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow during websocket receive-buffer growth

High 8.6

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in libsoup. When max-incoming-payload-size is unlimited (0), SoupWebsocketConnection could grow its incoming GByteArray based on an attacker-controlled frame length until the length wrapped, causing a heap buffer overflow while reading frame data.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8libsoup2.62.3-19.el8_10ALSA-2026:84586
AlmaLinux:9libsoup2.72.0-16.el9_8.8ALSA-2026:83384
AlmaLinux:8libsoup-devel2.62.3-19.el8_10ALSA-2026:84586
AlmaLinux:9libsoup-devel2.72.0-16.el9_8.8ALSA-2026:83384
AlmaLinux:10libsoup33.6.5-3.el10_2.20ALSA-2026:83618
AlmaLinux:10libsoup3-devel3.6.5-3.el10_2.20ALSA-2026:83618
AlmaLinux:10libsoup3-doc3.6.5-3.el10_2.20ALSA-2026:83618
Debian:12libsoup2.4no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-102558
Debian:13libsoup2.4no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-102558
Debian:12libsoup3no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-102558
Debian:13libsoup3no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-102558
Rocky Linux:8libsoup0:2.62.3-19.el8_10RLSA-2026:84586
Rocky Linux:9libsoup0:2.72.0-16.el9_8.8RLSA-2026:83384
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibsoup2.42.74.2-3ubuntu0.10USN-8975-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibsoup2.42.74.2-3ubuntu0.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibsoup2.42.74.3-6ubuntu1.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibsoup2.42.74.3-6ubuntu1.10USN-8975-1
Ubuntu:26.10libsoup2.4no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibsoup33.4.4-5ubuntu0.10USN-8975-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibsoup33.4.4-5ubuntu0.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibsoup33.6.6-1ubuntu0.2UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibsoup33.6.6-1ubuntu0.2USN-8975-1
Ubuntu:26.10libsoup33.6.6-1ubuntu3.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558
Ubuntu:26.10libsoup33.6.6-1ubuntu3.1USN-8975-1

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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