8.6

CVE-2026-102558: gnome libsoup Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-102558DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102558
Published 29-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-102558 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnome libsoup. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 29-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in libsoup. When max-incoming-payload-size is unlimited (0), SoupWebsocketConnection could grow its incoming GByteArray based on an attacker-controlled frame length until the length wrapped, causing a heap buffer overflow while reading frame data.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

30-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • libsoup2.4All versions (No fix recorded)
  • libsoup3All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.8.0-1
Ubuntu2 products
  • libsoup2.4All versions (No fix recorded)
  • libsoup3All versions (No fix recorded)
Gnome1 product
Redhat1 product

4 vendors · 6 products

References

9 links