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CVE-2026-102560

CVE-2026-102560CRITICAL

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow during outgoing permessage-deflate buffer growth

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .0042   34.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product                      Versions     Fixed
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10  unspecified  0:3.6.5-3.el10_2.20
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9   unspecified  0:2.72.0-16.el9_8.8
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6   unspecified  —
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7   unspecified  —
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8   unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Sep 29  Reserved by redhat
  Sep 29  Published (CNA: redhat)
  Oct 14  PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-102560 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9). Fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:2.72.0-16.el9_8.8.
  Oct 16  RESCORED — CVE-2026-102560 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10). CVSS 8.6 → 9.8 (NVD).

CWE-125 · CNA: redhat · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 29, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by redhat
September 29, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: redhat)
October 14, 2026	PATCH SHIPPED	PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-102560 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9). Fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:2.72.0-16.el9_8.8.
October 16, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2026-102560 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10). CVSS 8.6 → 9.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 5 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	—	—	0:3.6.5-3.el10_2.20
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	—	—	0:2.72.0-16.el9_8.8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	—	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	—	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (4)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83384 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83618 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102560 [Mitigation, Third Party Advisory]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543296 [Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-102560 at cve.org

Vendors: red hat

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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