SUSE · Security update for libsoup
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.8 Medium.
Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 31 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10libsoup3 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6libsoup | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7libsoup | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8libsoup | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9libsoup | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
A security update fixing both CVE-2026-1536 and CVE-2026-1761 has been released by SUSE. Users should apply the update to the affected libsoup versions to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Description
This security update for libsoup addresses two vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-1536, an HTTP header injection or response splitting issue via CRLF injection in the Content-Disposition header, and CVE-2026-1761, a stack-based buffer overflow caused by incorrect length calculation when parsing multipart HTTP responses. Both vulnerabilities have been fixed in the update.
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_20186-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1257440 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1257598 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1536/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1761/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_20238-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202620238-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-February/024098.html (opens in a new tab)