# CVE-2026-85534: Libsoup: libsoup: http/2 client crash in on\_data\_source\_read\_callback when settings initial\_window\_size shrinks during deferred body read

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-09-04

## Affected

- 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 libsoup. When a client sends an HTTP/2 request body from a non-pollable input stream, the library can buffer more data than the current flow-control window later allows. A malicious HTTP/2 server can shrink SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE while that buffered read is still in progress. The client then copies the full buffer into a smaller DATA callback without a runtime bounds check, which can abort the process or fail the HTTP/2 session.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85534
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528440
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/blob/master/libsoup/http2/soup-client-message-io-http2.c
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/work_items/551

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