NIXPKGS-2026-2206
GitHub issue
published 1 week, 1 day ago
Libsoup: soupwebsocketconnection: libsoup: websocket remote denial of service via oversized control frame protocol violation
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CVE-2026-15711
7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): None (N)
- Integrity (I): None (N)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
by @LeSuisse Activity log
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- @LeSuisse accepted
- @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Libsoup: soupwebsocketconnection: libsoup: websocket remote denial of service via oversized control frame protocol violation
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.
References
Affected products
libsoup
libsoup3
Matching in nixpkgs
Package maintainers
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@7c6f434c Michael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru>
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@bobby285271 Bobby Rong <rjl931189261@126.com>
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@jtojnar Jan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>