CVE-2026-66339: gnome libsoup
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-66339 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in gnome libsoup. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6Timeline
- 24-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in libsoup. After a CONNECT tunnel is established through an HTTP proxy, libsoup incorrectly attaches the Proxy-Authorization header to subsequent HTTPS requests sent through that tunnel to the destination server. This allows the destination server to capture proxy credentials, leading to information disclosure.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.23% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- libsoup2.4All versions (No fix recorded)
- libsoup3All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.8.0-1
Ubuntu2 products
- libsoup2.4< 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm8 | < 2.62.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm9 | < 2.70.0-1ubuntu0.5+esm4 | < 2.74.2-3ubuntu0.9 | < 2.74.3-6ubuntu1.9 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.74.3-10.1ubuntu5+esm3
- libsoup3< 3.0.7-0ubuntu1+esm9 | < 3.4.4-5ubuntu0.9 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.6.6-1ubuntu0.1
Gnome1 product
- libsoupna
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
4 vendors · 6 products
References
7 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506951Issue TrackingX Refsource REDHATREPORTVendor AdvisoryExploitMitigation