CVE-2026-15709CWE-409

CVE-2026-15709

High · published July 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
58.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in libsoup's WebSocket implementation when using the permessage-deflate extension. The extension's decompression loop (inflate()) processes data in chunks without enforcing an upper boundary limit on the output buffer size. While libsoup limits the incoming compressed frame size via max_incoming_payload_size, it fails to track or limit memory allocation during decompression. A separate check for decompressed size (max_total_message_size) exists but executes only after inflation is complete, and it is entirely disabled by default for client connections. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a small, highly compressed payload (a decompression bomb), causing unbounded memory allocation that triggers an Out-of-Memory (OOM) crash and a Denial of Service (DoS).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00883 · 58.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Published
2026-07-15T00:16Z
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 JUL 19:41Z
    Soupwebsocketextensiondeflate: libsoup: libsoup: websocket permessage-deflate unbounded decompression remote denial of service
    cvelistv5