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Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026USN-8890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libsoup.
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-66339 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
USN-8890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libsoup.
Release Notes
A flaw was found in libsoup. After a CONNECT tunnel is established through an HTTP proxy, libsoup incorrectly attaches the Proxy-Authorization header to subsequent HTTPS requests sent through that tunnel to the destination server.
This allows the destination server to capture proxy credentials, leading to information disclosure.
Source: NVD