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libsoup is an HTTP library used in Linux environments, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Azure Linux, and is relevant to Windows users through WSL, containers, and cross-platform stacks. Recent threads cover multiple CVEs affecting libsoup, including denial-of-service vulnerabilities in WebSocket handling (CVE-2026-15709, CVE-2026-15711), HTTP/2 issues (CVE-2026-15712, CVE-2026-15713), request smuggling (CVE-2026-2708), use-after-free in TLS disconnects (CVE-2026-2436), CRLF injection (CVE-2026-3633), and a heap buffer over-read (CVE-2025-32053). These flaws can lead to crashes, memory leaks, or potential data exposure. Administrators managing Linux workloads or containers should assess their exposure and apply patches from Red Hat or Microsoft as appropriate.
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    CVE-2026-15709: Stop libsoup WebSocket OOM Crashes on RHEL

    CVE-2026-15709 is a high-severity remote denial-of-service flaw in libsoup’s WebSocket handling. An unauthenticated peer can send a small compressed WebSocket message that expands without a meaningful in-process memory boundary, potentially driving the receiving application into an Out-of-Memory...
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    CVE-2026-15711: Fix libsoup WebSocket Remote DoS Crashes

    CVE-2026-15711 is a newly published remote denial-of-service vulnerability in libsoup’s WebSocket parser that lets an unauthenticated peer crash an application by sending an oversized WebSocket control frame. Red Hat assigned the flaw a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 High, and the National Vulnerability...
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    CVE-2026-15712: libsoup HTTP/2 GOAWAY Bug Crashes Apps

    CVE-2026-15712 exposes a heap buffer over-read in libsoup 3.0 through 3.7.0 that can let an unauthenticated remote peer crash an application processing HTTP/2 traffic. The flaw sits in the library’s handling of the HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame’s optional “Additional Debug Data” field, where the parser...
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    CVE-2026-15713: Audit RHEL libsoup HTTP/2 Memory Leak Exposure

    CVE-2026-15713 is a remotely reachable memory-leak flaw in libsoup’s HTTP/2 implementation that can culminate in an out-of-memory application crash. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10 as affected in the supplied CVE material. The immediate task for administrators is not to...
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    CVE-2026-2708 and libsoup Request Smuggling: Why Duplicate Content-Length Matters

    CVE-2026-2708 is a reminder that some of the most consequential web vulnerabilities still begin with a deceptively small parsing decision: what should a server do when an HTTP request contains more than one Content-Length header? The flaw, assigned to libsoup, concerns HTTP/1 request smuggling...
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    libsoup CVE-2026-2436 Use-After-Free Crash in TLS Disconnects

    A fresh libsoup flaw tracked as CVE-2026-2436 is a reminder that even mature HTTP libraries can fail in ways that look small on paper but matter greatly in production. According to the public record, a remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free in SoupServer when soup_server_disconnect() frees...
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    CVE-2026-3633 libsoup CRLF Injection: Method Header Smuggling Risk

    CVE-2026-3633 is a reminder that the most dangerous bugs are not always memory corruptions or flashy remote code execution chains; sometimes they are one malformed string away from letting an attacker reshape an HTTP request. In libsoup, a remote attacker who controls the method parameter passed...
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    CVE-2025-32053 Libsoup: Azure Linux patch guidance and MSRC attestations

    The libsoup bug tracked as CVE-2025-32053 is a medium‑severity, remotely reachable heap buffer over‑read in the library’s feed/html sniffing code that can cause memory disclosure or crashes. Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has published a product mapping that explicitly calls out...
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    CVE-2025-32052 Libsoup: Azure Linux Patches and Supply Chain Defense

    The libsoup vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-32052 — a heap buffer over-read in the library’s sniff_unknown() routine — is real, has been widely patched across Linux distributions, and is expressly called out by Microsoft on its Security Update Guide as affecting the Azure Linux distribution...
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    Mitigating Libsoup Data URI Decode DoS (CVE-2025-32051)

    Libsoup’s URI decoder can be crashed by a malformed data: URI, creating a remotely triggerable denial‑of‑service that administrators and application developers must treat as an operational risk rather than a low‑importance parsing bug. Background / Overview Libsoup is the widely used HTTP...
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    CVE-2025-32050 Libsoup Buffer Under-Read DoS in append_param_quoted

    A newly published vulnerability in the GNOME HTTP library libsoup — tracked as CVE-2025-32050 — exposes an integer overflow / buffer under-read in the library’s append_param_quoted() routine that can crash applications or leak memory and has already prompted coordinated vendor advisories and...
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    CVE-2025-2784 Libsoup Content Sniffer One-Byte OOB Read Patch Guide

    A subtle one‑byte out‑of‑bounds read in a content‑sniffing routine has forced a widespread emergency patching wave across Linux distributions and GNOME‑based stacks: CVE‑2025‑2784 is a heap buffer over‑read in libsoup’s content sniffer — specifically in the function that skips “insignificant”...
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    CVE-2025-9901: Libsoup SoupCache Fails to Honor Vary Header

    A libraries-layer bug in the GNOME HTTP stack has landed in the CVE database and in vendor advisories: CVE-2025-9901 describes a flaw in libsoup’s caching code, SoupCache, where the library can ignore the HTTP Vary header when deciding whether a cached response may be reused. The practical...
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    CVE-2025-12105: Libsoup HTTP/2 Use-After-Free Remote DoS

    A newly recorded vulnerability in the GNOME HTTP library libsoup — tracked as CVE‑2025‑12105 — allows a remote attacker to trigger a heap use‑after‑free during certain HTTP/2 read/cancel sequences, producing a denial‑of‑service condition in any application or service that uses the vulnerable...
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    CVE-2025-14523 Libsoup Host Header Mismatch and Vhost Risk

    A newly disclosed vulnerability in GNOME’s HTTP library libsoup — tracked as CVE-2025-14523 — exposes a subtle but powerful mismatch in how duplicate Host headers are handled, creating a practical vector for virtual-host confusion, cache poisoning, and request‑smuggling–style bypasses when...