# CVE-2025-12105: Libsoup: heap use-after-free in libsoup message queue handling during http/2 read completion

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-23 · Updated: 2026-06-29

## Affected

- libsoup: through 3.6.5
- libsoup3: version range not reported
- libsoup3: version range not reported
- libsoup: version range not reported
- libsoup: version range not reported
- libsoup: version range not reported
- libsoup: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the asynchronous message queue handling of the libsoup library, widely used by GNOME and WebKit-based applications to manage HTTP/2 communications. When network operations are aborted at specific timing intervals, an internal message queue item may be freed twice due to missing state synchronization. This leads to a use-after-free memory access, potentially crashing the affected application. Attackers could exploit this behavior remotely by triggering specific HTTP/2 read and cancel sequences, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libsoup, libsoup3, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23139
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23437
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12105
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2405992
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/merge_requests/481

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