Medium · CVSS 5.3CVE-2026-103399

Libsoup: soupserver: http/1 request smuggling via undrained expect: 100-continue body

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-103399 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Libsoup: soupserver: http/1 request smuggling via undrained expect: 100-continue body. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/libsoup (generic), Red Hat/libsoup3 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 30, 2026Updated Sep 30, 2026Source checked Oct 1, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 30, 2026Material review Sep 30, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 2 mapped packages or products
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

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Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Red Hat/libsoup (generic), Red Hat/libsoup3 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Red Hat/libsoupgeneric	*	Not reported
Red Hat/libsoup3generic	*	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Red Hat/libsoup, Red Hat/libsoup3.
Review the reported fix. Source-reported workaround: To mitigate this do not expose SoupServer to untrusted networks; prefer terminating proxies or internal-only listeners. If SoupServer must sit behind a reverse proxy, disable backend connection reuse/pooling across clients so an undrained body cannot prepend to another client's request.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 30, 2026
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Source modified
Sep 30, 2026
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First seen by HOL
Sep 30, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

A flaw was found in SoupServer (libsoup). When an HTTP/1.x client sends a request with Expect: 100-continue and a request body, and SoupServer returns an early final (non-1xx) response before the body is read, the server neither drains the declared body bytes nor closes the connection. On a keep-alive connection, those leftover bytes are interpreted as a subsequent HTTP request. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can place a complete HTTP request in the body and cause SoupServer to process that smuggled request, leading to unintended request handling.

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