🛡️ CVE-2026-2436 on Debian — libsoup2.4

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in libsoup's SoupServer. A remote attacker could exploit a use-after-free vulnerability where the soup_server_disconnect() function frees connection objects prematurely, even if a TLS handshake is still pending. If the handshake completes after the connection object has been freed, a dangling pointer is accessed, leading to a server crash and a Denial of Service.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-2436 as tracked by Debian, for the package libsoup2.4. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2436 is classified as CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference. The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2436 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • libsoup2.4
  • libsoup3

Timeline and source

Published on 26 March 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-2436 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libsoup2.4
libsoup3

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