Bug 2543285 (CVE-2026-102559)

Summary: CVE-2026-102559 libsoup: libsoup: Heap buffer overflow during WebSocket client-frame masking
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A flaw was found in libsoup. When constructing a masked WebSocket client frame for a very large outgoing payload, size values passed to GByteArray allocation APIs could be truncated while the masking routine still used the full length, causing a heap buffer overflow.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-29 16:39:50 UTC 
A heap buffer overflow was found in libsoup's client-side WebSocket frame construction / masking path.

Outgoing frames are built in a GByteArray. For a send payload larger than the array can represent (at/above ~2^31), g_byte_array_sized_new() / append truncated the length while xor_with_mask() still iterated the full attacker-/caller-controlled length, writing past the small allocation during masking.

Fixed by rejecting outgoing payloads above MAX_OUTGOING_PAYLOAD_SIZE both before and after extensions process the payload (commit d7f074f8, libsoup 3.7.3).

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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/work_items/554 (Bug 7)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/commit/d7f074f8