CVE-2018-12910: gnome libsoup – CVSS 9.8 · Watchpost

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CVE-2018-12910

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-12910 · Published 05/07/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-12910 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting libsoup (gnome), ansible tower (redhat), openshift container platform (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.2%, higher than 90.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libsoup gnome	`= 2.63.2`	No fix yet
ansible tower redhat	`= 3.3`	No fix yet
openshift container platform redhat	`= 3.11`	No fix yet

Description

The get_cookies function in soup-cookie-jar.c in libsoup 2.63.2 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via an empty hostname.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00003.html · Mailing List
access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 · Third Party Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-sdk-images/commit/4215b8a21b3b3055e947312a8920df94f93ba047 · Patch
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/commit/db2b0d5809d5f8226d47312b40992cadbcde439f · Patch
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/issues/3 · Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00007.html · Mailing List
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBREWZ3EEDYWG6PCLWL2EJ24ME5ZFAX6
usn.ubuntu.com/3701-1 · Third Party Advisory

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