Red Hat Security Advisory: webkitgtk4 security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in WebKitGTK+, a port of the WebKit web rendering engine to the GTK+ platform, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. These vulnerabilities include issues that may cause unexpected process crashes, denial-of-service, information disclosure, bypass of security policies such as Same Origin Policy and Content Security Policy, user fingerprinting, cross-site scripting, and potential sandbox escapes. The vulnerabilities arise from processing maliciously crafted web content and affect the webkitgtk4 package. Red Hat has issued an important security update addressing these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers a set of 18 vulnerabilities in the webkitgtk4 package used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The vulnerabilities include multiple instances where processing maliciously crafted web content can lead to unexpected crashes (CVE-2025-43213, CVE-2025-43214, CVE-2025-43457, CVE-2025-43511, CVE-2026-20608, CVE-2026-20635, CVE-2026-20636, CVE-2026-20644, CVE-2026-20664, CVE-2026-28857), denial-of-service (CVE-2026-20652), information disclosure (CVE-2025-46299), bypass of Same Origin Policy (CVE-2026-20643), prevention of Content Security Policy enforcement (CVE-2026-20665), user fingerprinting (CVE-2026-20691), cross-site scripting (CVE-2026-28871), tracking through Safari web extensions (CVE-2026-20676), and processing restricted content outside the sandbox (CVE-2026-28859). These vulnerabilities collectively pose significant security risks when processing untrusted web content. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these issues.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may result in denial-of-service via unexpected process crashes, disclosure of internal application states, bypass of web security policies such as Same Origin Policy and Content Security Policy, user tracking and fingerprinting, cross-site scripting attacks, and potential sandbox escapes allowing processing of restricted web content. These impacts can compromise application stability, user privacy, and security boundaries within web browsing contexts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an important security update for webkitgtk4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:22136 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: webkitgtk4 security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in WebKitGTK+, a port of the WebKit web rendering engine to the GTK+ platform, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. These vulnerabilities include issues that may cause unexpected process crashes, denial-of-service, information disclosure, bypass of security policies such as Same Origin Policy and Content Security Policy, user fingerprinting, cross-site scripting, and potential sandbox escapes. The vulnerabilities arise from processing maliciously crafted web content and affect the webkitgtk4 package. Red Hat has issued an important security update addressing these issues.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers a set of 18 vulnerabilities in the webkitgtk4 package used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The vulnerabilities include multiple instances where processing maliciously crafted web content can lead to unexpected crashes (CVE-2025-43213, CVE-2025-43214, CVE-2025-43457, CVE-2025-43511, CVE-2026-20608, CVE-2026-20635, CVE-2026-20636, CVE-2026-20644, CVE-2026-20664, CVE-2026-28857), denial-of-service (CVE-2026-20652), information disclosure (CVE-2025-46299), bypass of Same Origin Policy (CVE-2026-20643), prevention of Content Security Policy enforcement (CVE-2026-20665), user fingerprinting (CVE-2026-20691), cross-site scripting (CVE-2026-28871), tracking through Safari web extensions (CVE-2026-20676), and processing restricted content outside the sandbox (CVE-2026-28859). These vulnerabilities collectively pose significant security risks when processing untrusted web content. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these issues.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may result in denial-of-service via unexpected process crashes, disclosure of internal application states, bypass of web security policies such as Same Origin Policy and Content Security Policy, user tracking and fingerprinting, cross-site scripting attacks, and potential sandbox escapes allowing processing of restricted web content. These impacts can compromise application stability, user privacy, and security boundaries within web browsing contexts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an important security update for webkitgtk4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:22136 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:22136
- Cve Count
- 18
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-43214","CVE-2025-43457","CVE-2025-43511","CVE-2025-46299","CVE-2026-20608","CVE-2026-20635","CVE-2026-20636","CVE-2026-20643","CVE-2026-20644","CVE-2026-20652","CVE-2026-20664","CVE-2026-20665","CVE-2026-20676","CVE-2026-20691","CVE-2026-28857","CVE-2026-28859","CVE-2026-28871"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1df668e29bf47b50460c78
Added to database: 06/01/2026, 21:15:20 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 14:41:56 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC
Views: 42
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