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High ALAS2-2026-3141 1 CVE

Important: libsoup security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Feb 5, 2026 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-0719: A flaw was identified in the NTLM authentication handling of the libsoup HTTP library, used by GNOME and other applications for network communication. When processing extremely long passwords, an internal size calculation can overflow due to improper use of signed integers. This results in incorrect memory allocation on the stack, followed by unsafe memory copying. As a result, applications using libsoup may crash unexpectedly, creating a denial-of-service risk.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libsoup 0:2.56.0-6.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 libsoup-debuginfo 0:2.56.0-6.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 libsoup-devel 0:2.56.0-6.amzn2.0.6

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-0719.html