Findings

CVE-2026-102556

A flaw was found in libsoup.

Published Sep 29, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

A flaw was found in libsoup. When handling an incoming WebSocket Pong frame, SoupWebsocketConnection emitted the ::pong signal with a GByteArray pointer even though the signal is declared to pass a GBytes. Applications connecting a handler that follows the documented GBytes API can trigger heap corruption or a crash upon receiving a crafted Pong.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 29, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When handling an incoming WebSocket Pong frame, SoupWebsocketConnection emitted the ::pong signal with a GByteArray pointer even though the signal is declared to pass a GBytes. Applications connecting a handler that follows the documented GBytes API can trigger heap corruption or a crash upon receiving a crafted Pong.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When handling an incoming WebSocket Pong frame, SoupWebsocketConnection emitted the ::pong signal with a GByteArray pointer even though the signal is declared to pass a GBytes. Applications connecting a handler that follows the documented GBytes API can trigger heap corruption or a crash upon receiving a crafted Pong.

Affected

  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9version unspecified

Sources

  • A flaw was found in libsoup. When handling an incoming WebSocket Pong frame, SoupWebsocketConnection emitted the ::pong signal with a GByteArray pointer even though the signal is declared to pass a GBytes. Applications connecting a handler that follows the documented GBytes API c

    vulnerability.circl.lu
  • CVE.orgCVE-2026-102556

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2026-102556

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When handling an incoming WebSocket Pong frame, SoupWebsocketConnection emitted the ::pong signal with a GByteArray pointer even though the signal is declared to pass a GBytes. Applications connecting a handler that follows the documented GBytes API c

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2026-102556 · ZeroDay Findings