ESB-2026.4833
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
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ESB-2026.4833
Security update for webkit2gtk3
8 May 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: webkit2gtk3
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-20691 CVE-2026-20643 CVE-2026-20665
CVE-2026-28871 CVE-2026-20664 CVE-2026-28857
CVE-2026-28861 CVE-2026-28859
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261749-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 6.5 CVE-2026-28859 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVSS Source: SUSE
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS (Max): 0.2% (37th) CVE-2026-20665 2026-05-07
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Security update for webkit2gtk3
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1749-1
Release Date: 2026-05-07T10:49:01Z
Rating: moderate
o bsc#1261172
o bsc#1261173
o bsc#1261174
o bsc#1261175
References: o bsc#1261176
o bsc#1261177
o bsc#1261178
o bsc#1261179
o CVE-2026-20643
o CVE-2026-20664
o CVE-2026-20665
o CVE-2026-20691
Cross-References: o CVE-2026-28857
o CVE-2026-28859
o CVE-2026-28861
o CVE-2026-28871
o CVE-2026-20643 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
o CVE-2026-20643 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
o CVE-2026-20664 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
o CVE-2026-20664 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
o CVE-2026-20665 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
o CVE-2026-20665 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/
S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
o CVE-2026-20691 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
o CVE-2026-20691 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS scores: o CVE-2026-28857 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
o CVE-2026-28857 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
o CVE-2026-28859 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
o CVE-2026-28859 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
o CVE-2026-28861 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
o CVE-2026-28861 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
o CVE-2026-28871 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
o CVE-2026-28871 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected o openSUSE Leap 15.4
Products:
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description:
This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues:
Update to version 2.52.1.
Security issues fixed:
o CVE-2026-20643: processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same
Origin Policy (bsc#1261172).
o CVE-2026-20664: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash (bsc#1261173).
o CVE-2026-20665: processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent
Content Security Policy from being enforced (bsc#1261174).
o CVE-2026-20691: a maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint
the user (bsc#1261175).
o CVE-2026-28857: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an
unexpected process crash (bsc#1261176).
o CVE-2026-28859: a malicious website may be able to process restricted web
content outside the sandbox (bsc#1261177).
o CVE-2026-28861: a malicious website may be able to access script message
handlers intended for other origins (bsc#1261178).
o CVE-2026-28871: visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to a
cross-site scripting attack (bsc#1261179).
Other updates and bugfixes:
o Reduce the amount of useless MPRIS notifications produced by MediaSession
when the information about media being played is incomplete.
o Support turning off USE_GSTREAMER to configure the build with all
multimedia features disabled.
o Add Sysprof marks for mouse events.
o Fix MediaSession icon for iheart.com not being displayed.
o Fix the build with USE_GSTREAMER_GL disabled.
o Fix the build with librice version 0.3.0 or newer.
o Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
o Translation updates: Georgian.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
o openSUSE Leap 15.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1749=1
Package List:
o openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
o openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk4-debugsource-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk4-devel-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit-jsc-4-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-devel-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit-jsc-4.1-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-debugsource-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
webkit-jsc-6.0-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
o openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
o openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo-2.52.1-150400.4.140.2
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20643.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20664.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20665.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20691.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28857.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28859.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28861.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28871.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261172
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261173
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261174
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261175
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261176
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261177
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261178
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261179
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