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CVE-2019-17266

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17266 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in libsoup versions 2.65.1 through 2.68.1, affecting Canonical and GNOME products. This flaw, residing in the soup_ntlm_parse_challenge() function, stems from insufficient length checks before a memcpy operation. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.65.1, < 2.66.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libsoup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.67.1, <= 2.68.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libsoup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-17266Important

libsoup: heap-based over-read in soup_ntlm_parse_challenge() in soup-auth-ntlm.c

Oct 6, 2019

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Third Party Advisory
github.com / Kirin-say/Vulnerabilities/blob/master/CVE-2019-17266_POC.md
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/libsoup/commit/88b7dff4467f4151afae244ea7d1223753cd05ab
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/libsoup/commit/f8a54ac85eec2008c85393f331cdd251af8266ad
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/libsoup/issues/173
Broken LinkIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2019-17266
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4152-1
Third Party Advisory
mail-archive.com / debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1705054.html