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.
CVE-2026-5119
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-30. NVD baseline CVSS 8.2; sources differ by 2.3.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.2
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 16.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 30, 2026
Last Modified
June 9, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated May 6, 2026(CVE-2026-5119) (#YWH-PGM9867-176) Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information on libsoup through soup_session.c::tunnel_connect() due to cookies being transmitted in cleartext in HTTP CONNECT request (#502) · Issues · GNOME / libsoup · GitLab
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/5022452932 – (CVE-2026-5119) CVE-2026-5119 libsoup: libsoup: Information disclosure via cleartext transmission of cookies during HTTPS tunnel establishment
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452932Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14087Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13978Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5119(16)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:24722Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- RHSA-2026:24344Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- RHSA-2026:22716Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- RHSA-2026:22710Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- RHSA-2026:22323Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- RHSA-2026:22317Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- RHSA-2026:22316Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsoup security update
- CVE-2026-5119Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Libsoup: libsoup: information disclosure via cleartext transmission of cookies during https tunnel establishment
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Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.62.2-12.el7_9 | 2026-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.62.3-2.el8_6.9 | 2026-06-08 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.62.3-2.el8_4.9 | 2026-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.62.3-3.el8_8.9 | 2026-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.72.0-8.el9_2.11 | 2026-06-01 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.72.0-10.el9_6.7 | 2026-06-01 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.72.0-8.el9_4.10 | 2026-06-01 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.72.0-8.el9_0.10 | 2026-05-28 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup3-0:3.6.5-3.el10_2.11 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.72.0-16.el9_8.1 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup3-0:3.6.5-3.el10_0.15 | 2026-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup3-0:3.6.5-3.el10_1.11 | 2026-05-11 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.62.3-14.el8_10 | 2026-05-06 | redhat |
| redhat | libsoup-0:2.72.0-12.el9_7.6 | 2026-05-06 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-06-09 10:41 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.2 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-06-09 10:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.9 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-06-08 23:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.2 · severity → HIGH
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