ESB-2026.4356
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.4356
webkit2gtk security update
29 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: webkit2gtk
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-20691 CVE-2026-20643 CVE-2025-46299
CVE-2026-20665 CVE-2026-28871 CVE-2026-20664
CVE-2026-28857 CVE-2026-28861 CVE-2026-28859
Original Bulletin:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00142.html
Comment: CVSS (Max): None available when published
EPSS (Max): None available when published
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6232-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Alberto Garcia
April 28, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : webkit2gtk
CVE ID : CVE-2025-46299 CVE-2026-20643 CVE-2026-20664 CVE-2026-20665
CVE-2026-20691 CVE-2026-28857 CVE-2026-28859 CVE-2026-28861
CVE-2026-28871
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK
web engine:
CVE-2025-46299
Google Big Sleep discovered that processing maliciously crafted
web content may disclose internal states of the app.
CVE-2026-20643
Thomas Espach discovered that processing maliciously crafted web
content may bypass Same Origin Policy.
CVE-2026-20664
Daniel Rhea, Soehnke Benedikt Fischedick, Emrovsky & Switch, and
Yevhen Pervushyn discovered that processing maliciously crafted
web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
CVE-2026-20665
webb discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content
may prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.
CVE-2026-20691
Gongyu Ma discovered that a maliciously crafted webpage may be
able to fingerprint the user.
CVE-2026-28857
Narcis Oliveras Fontas, Soehnke Benedikt Fischedick, Daniel Rhea,
and Nathaniel Oh discovered that processing maliciously crafted
web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.
CVE-2026-28859
greenbynox and Arni Hardarson discovered that a malicious website
may be able to process restricted web content outside the sandbox.
CVE-2026-28861
Hongze Wu and Shuaike Dong discovered that a malicious website may
be able to access script message handlers intended for other
origins.
CVE-2026-28871
@hamayanhamayan discovered that visiting a maliciously crafted
website may lead to a cross- site scripting attack.
Starting from version 2.52.0, WebKitGTK can no longer be backported to
the oldstable distribution (bookworm). Because of that, the webkit2gtk
packages are no longer covered by security support in bookworm.
For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.52.1-1~deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.
For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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