Red Hat Security Advisory: spice-client-win security update
This security advisory addresses two stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libsoup used by the spice-client-win MSI installers for Windows clients. The first vulnerability (CVE-2026-0719) involves a signed to unsigned conversion error in libsoup NTLM authentication. The second vulnerability (CVE-2026-1761) involves a stack-based buffer overflow in libsoup multipart response parsing. These issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support versions. Red Hat has released updated spice-client-win packages to fix these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The spice-client-win MSI installers for Windows clients included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support contain two security vulnerabilities in the libsoup library. CVE-2026-0719 is a stack-based buffer overflow caused by a signed to unsigned conversion error in libsoup NTLM authentication. CVE-2026-1761 is another stack-based buffer overflow occurring during multipart HTTP response parsing in libsoup. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has issued security updates (spice-client-win-8.10-7.el8_4.1) to address these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in stack-based buffer overflows, potentially leading to memory corruption and impacting the security of the affected systems. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated spice-client-win packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2514 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: spice-client-win security update
Description
This security advisory addresses two stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libsoup used by the spice-client-win MSI installers for Windows clients. The first vulnerability (CVE-2026-0719) involves a signed to unsigned conversion error in libsoup NTLM authentication. The second vulnerability (CVE-2026-1761) involves a stack-based buffer overflow in libsoup multipart response parsing. These issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support versions. Red Hat has released updated spice-client-win packages to fix these vulnerabilities.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
The spice-client-win MSI installers for Windows clients included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support contain two security vulnerabilities in the libsoup library. CVE-2026-0719 is a stack-based buffer overflow caused by a signed to unsigned conversion error in libsoup NTLM authentication. CVE-2026-1761 is another stack-based buffer overflow occurring during multipart HTTP response parsing in libsoup. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has issued security updates (spice-client-win-8.10-7.el8_4.1) to address these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in stack-based buffer overflows, potentially leading to memory corruption and impacting the security of the affected systems. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated spice-client-win packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2514 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:2514
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-1761"]
Threat ID: 6a27e99e8dd33fbd8516c53d
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:26 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 00:01:37 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC
Views: 87
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