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RHEL 9 : webkit2gtk3 (RHSA-2026:28148)

🗓️ 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 9 host with webkit2gtk3 is affected by the advisory 28148, with CVEs causing crashes and data access.

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CVE-2026-28946
11 May 202620:08
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CVE-2026-28883
11 May 202620:08
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CVE-2026-28905
11 May 202620:08
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CVE-2026-28901
11 May 202620:08
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CVE-2026-28942
11 May 202620:07
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CVE-2026-43658
11 May 202620:08
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CVE-2026-28847
11 May 202620:07
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CVE-2026-28958
11 May 202620:07
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ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-28903
11 May 202620:07
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CVE-2026-28907
11 May 202620:08
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:28148. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
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  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/23");

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    "CVE-2026-28904",
    "CVE-2026-28905",
    "CVE-2026-28907",
    "CVE-2026-28942",
    "CVE-2026-28946",
    "CVE-2026-28947",
    "CVE-2026-28953",
    "CVE-2026-28955",
    "CVE-2026-28958",
    "CVE-2026-43658",
    "CVE-2026-43660"
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  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:28148");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for webkit2gtk3.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2026:28148 advisory.

    WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

    Security Fix(es):

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
    (CVE-2026-28946)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28847)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28883)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28901)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28902)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28903)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28904)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28905)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being
    enforced (CVE-2026-28907)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
    (CVE-2026-28942)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
    (CVE-2026-28947)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28953)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
    (CVE-2026-28955)

    * webkitgtk: An app may be able to access sensitive user data (CVE-2026-28958)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash
    (CVE-2026-43658)

    * webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may prevent Content Security Policy from being
    enforced (CVE-2026-43660)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483967");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483968");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483969");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_28148.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6f337816");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28148");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL webkit2gtk3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:28148.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-43658");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-28947");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(20, 120, 200, 416, 693);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/06/23");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel");
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  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.2')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.2', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '2',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'webkit2gtk3-2.52.4-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'webkit2gtk3-devel-2.52.4-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'webkit2gtk3-jsc-2.52.4-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel-2.52.4-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Update Services for SAP Solutions repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'webkit2gtk3 / webkit2gtk3-devel / webkit2gtk3-jsc / etc');
}

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23 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.0059
SSVC
5