CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2026-5119 — A flaw was found in libsoup

High CVSS 8.2

A flaw was found in libsoup. When establishing HTTPS tunnels through a configured HTTP proxy, sensitive session cookies are transmitted in cleartext within the initial HTTP CONNECT request. A network-positioned attacker or a malicious HTTP proxy can intercept these cookies, leading to potential session hijacking or user impersonation.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.2 (3.1)
Published
2026-03-30
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-319

Affected products

  • gnome / libsoup
  • redhat / enterprise_linux / 7.0
  • redhat / enterprise_linux / 8.0
  • redhat / enterprise_linux / 9.0
  • redhat / enterprise_linux / 10.0

Matched remediation archetype

Cryptography, certificate, signature, and channel validation

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Check exposure

  • Inventory affected algorithms, key uses, trust stores, certificate validation settings, random sources, and plaintext channels across clients and services.
  • Determine which secrets, identities, signatures, or data protections depend on the affected primitive or validation path.
  • Check debug, compatibility, fallback, and hostname or audience override settings in build and runtime configuration.

Remediate safely

  • Use a maintained platform cryptographic API with approved algorithms, modes, parameters, randomness, and full peer identity validation.
  • Remove insecure fallback and validation bypasses; separate keys by purpose and load them from managed secret storage.
  • Plan rotation or reissuance for affected keys, certificates, tokens, hashes, or ciphertext and document compatibility sequencing.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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