Security update for libsoup

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20238-1
Release Date: 2026-02-06T11:13:36Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-1536 ( SUSE ): 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-1536 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2026-1536 ( NVD ): 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2026-1761 ( SUSE ): 9.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-1761 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-1761 ( NVD ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsoup fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2026-1536: HTTP header injection or response splitting via CRLF injection in the Content-Disposition header (bsc#1257440).
  • CVE-2026-1761: incorrect length calculation when parsing of multipart HTTP responses can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1257598).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-250=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libsoup-debugsource-3.6.5-160000.4.1
    • libsoup-3_0-0-debuginfo-3.6.5-160000.4.1
    • libsoup-3_0-0-3.6.5-160000.4.1

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