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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-8237-1)

🗓️ 08 May 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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WebKitGTK vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, 25.10, 26.04 LTS could permit remote code execution via malicious websites.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8237-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(313208);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/08");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-43213",
    "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-2026-28861",
    "CVE-2026-28871"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8237-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-8237-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8237-1 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were
    tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to
    web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary
    code execution.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8237-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-20676");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/07/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/05/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/05/08");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit-6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-webkit2-4.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjavascriptcoregtk-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk-driver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkitgtk-webdriver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('24.04' >< os_release || '25.10' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 24.04 / 25.10 / 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) 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) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-webkit-6.0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-bin', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-4', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'webkit2gtk-driver', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-webkit-6.0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-bin', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-bin', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-4', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'webkit2gtk-driver', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'webkitgtk-webdriver', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-webkit-6.0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-webkit2-4.1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libjavascriptcoregtk-bin', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-4', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'webkitgtk-webdriver', 'pkgver': '2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 / gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0 / etc');
}

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08 May 2026 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00831
SSVC
4