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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Workaround

To mitigate this disable the permessage-deflate WebSocket extension if it is not required, and cap outgoing message sizes.

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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow during outgoing permessage-deflate buffer growth
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-29T19:51:56.035Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T13:19:27.962Z

Link: CVE-2026-102560

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-29T19:51:48.856Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-29T18:17:08.750

Modified: 2026-09-29T20:17:16.850

Link: CVE-2026-102560

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