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CVE-2026-12478: Libsoup: incomplete fix for cve-2026-0716: out-of-bounds read in libsoup websocket frame processing (unmasked path)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-14 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The fix for CVE-2026-0716 (commit 6ff7ef0, libsoup 3.6.6) placed the integer overflow guard inside the if (masked) block, leaving unmasked server-to-client frames unprotected. A malicious WebSocket server can send a crafted unmasked frame with a payload length near UINT64_MAX to trigger an OOB read in a libsoup-based client when max_incoming_payload_size is set to 0.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12478
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489655
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/merge_requests/518

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