CVE-2025-4945VulnerabilityPublished 18 Nov 2025Updated 30 Jun 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update

Affects Red Hat libsoupSource GCVE Database

Mentioned vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-11021

Not known to be exploited : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/libsoup package to 8.8.6 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC

Severity

High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 8.8.6

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/libsoup package to 8.8.6.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hatredhat/libsoup`pkg:rpm/redhat/libsoup`Other threats	Affected =8.8 <8.8.6	Fixed in 8.8.6

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated libsoup packages (version 2.62.3-3.el8_8.6) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Extended Update Support Extension 8.8. Users should apply these official updates to remediate the vulnerabilities. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is indicated by the vendor.

Description

The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME. Security Fix(es): * libsoup: Integer Overflow in Cookie Expiration Date Handling in libsoup (CVE-2025-4945) * libsoup: Out-of-Bounds Read in Cookie Date Handling of libsoup HTTP Library (CVE-2025-11021) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Impact

The integer overflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in libsoup may cause memory corruption or crashes when handling cookie expiration dates, potentially leading to denial of service or other security impacts depending on usage context. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

Summary

The libsoup library, used for HTTP client and server functionality in GNOME, contains two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-4945, an integer overflow in cookie expiration date handling, and CVE-2025-11021, an out-of-bounds read in cookie date handling. Both vulnerabilities could lead to memory corruption or other unintended behavior when processing cookie expiration dates. Red Hat has issued security updates for libsoup in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants to fix these issues.

CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: Medium
The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.
Requirements
Ensure that all protocols are strictly defined, such that all out-of-bounds behavior can be identified simply, and require strict conformance to the protocol.
Requirements · Language Selection
Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.4.3 (opens in a new tab)
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Forced Integer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #8
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design · Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Overread Buffers (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 25 Jun 2026, 22:21 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-190, CWE-125

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