# CVE-2025-46420: Libsoup: memory leak on soup\_header\_parse\_quality\_list() via soup-headers.c

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.6.3
- Published: 2025-04-24 · Updated: 2026-07-25

## Affected

- libsoup: fixed in 3.6.3
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## Description

A flaw was found in libsoup. It is vulnerable to memory leaks in the soup_header_parse_quality_list() function when parsing a quality list that contains elements with all zeroes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libsoup, libsoup3, upgrade to a fixed version (3.6.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4439
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4440
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4508
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4538
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4560
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4568
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4609
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4624
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7436
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46420
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2361963
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/438

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