Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-102560

A flaw was found in libsoup.

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

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-102560. EPSS is 0.42%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is installed.

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  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.42%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

A flaw was found in libsoup. When the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension compresses a very large outgoing message, truncated size calculations used for GByteArray growth could wrap, causing zlib to write past the allocated buffer and resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

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  • 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

How to fix CVE-2026-102560

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-102560. EPSS is 0.42%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS 0.42%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 29, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension compresses a very large outgoing message, truncated size calculations used for GByteArray growth could wrap, causing zlib to write past the allocated buffer and resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension compresses a very large outgoing message, truncated size calculations used for GByteArray growth could wrap, causing zlib to write past the allocated buffer and resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

  3. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension compresses a very large outgoing message, truncated size calculations used for GByteArray growth could wrap, causing zlib to write past the allocated buffer and resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

Sources

  • CIRCL Vulnerability LookupVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102560

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension compresses a very large outgoing message, truncated size calculations used for GByteArray growth could wrap, causing zlib to write past the allocated buffer and resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

    vulnerability.circl.lu
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102560

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-102560

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102560

    A flaw was found in libsoup. When the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension compresses a very large outgoing message, truncated size calculations used for GByteArray growth could wrap, causing zlib to write past the allocated buffer and resulting in a heap buffer overflow.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.