AlmaLinux 10 : libsoup3 (ALSA-2026:68235)

high Nessus Plugin ID 346869

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:68235 advisory.

* SoupWebsocketExtensionDeflate: libsoup: libsoup: WebSocket permessage-deflate Unbounded Decompression Remote Denial of Service (CVE-2026-15709)
* libsoup: SoupWebsocketConnection: libsoup: WebSocket remote denial of service via oversized control frame protocol violation (CVE-2026-15711)
* libsoup: libsoup: Heap use-after-free in libsoup HTTP/2 client on_data_read() via GOAWAY during body upload (CVE-2026-85197)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libsoup3, libsoup3-devel and / or libsoup3-doc packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68235

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-68235.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 346869

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-68235.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/17/2026

Updated: 9/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-85197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsoup3-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsoup3-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsoup3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15709, CVE-2026-15711, CVE-2026-85197

CWE: 409, 416, 770

RHSA: 2026:68235