CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15711

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability was found in libsoup's WebSocket frame parsing implementation. The library fails to validate length rules specified in RFC 6455 §5.5, which mandates that all WebSocket control frames (e.g., PING, PONG, CLOSE) contain a payload of 125 bytes or less. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a non-compliant, oversized control frame, causing an internal processing crash and resulting in a remote denial of service (DoS) for applications utilizing libsoup WebSockets.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a remote attacker can crash applications using libsoup for WebSocket handling, leading to service disruption and potential financial or availability losses.

Recommendation

Immediately update libsoup to a version that includes a fix for WebSocket control frame length validation per RFC 6455. If a patch is unavailable, consider temporarily disabling WebSocket support in affected applications.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability was found in libsoup's WebSocket frame parsing implementation. The library fails to validate length rules specified in RFC 6455 §5.5, which mandates that all WebSocket control frames (e.g., PING, PONG, CLOSE) contain a payload of 125 bytes or less. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a non-compliant, oversized control frame. Because the parser handles this protocol violation improperly instead of throwing an immediate connection termination error, it triggers a internal processing crash, resulting in a remote denial of service (DoS) for applications utilizing libsoup WebSockets.

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