CVE-2025-43227

high
Published 2025-08-13 · Modified 2025-08-14
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata — Red Hat Inc. · View original ↗ · Open-Errata-API

Description webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information Red Hat statement To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to trick a user into processing or loading malicious web content. CVSS v3: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) Errata / fixed releases ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle…

Description

webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may disclose sensitive user information

Red Hat statement

To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to trick a user into processing or loading malicious web content.

CVSS v3: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Errata / fixed releases

ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Supportwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.5-1.el7_9RHSA-2025:157292025-09-15T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8webkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_10RHSA-2025:137802025-08-13T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Supportwebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_2RHSA-2025:144322025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportwebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_4RHSA-2025:144862025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onwebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_4RHSA-2025:144862025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportwebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_6RHSA-2025:144332025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Servicewebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_6RHSA-2025:144332025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionswebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_6RHSA-2025:144332025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Servicewebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_8RHSA-2025:144342025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionswebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el8_8RHSA-2025:144342025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9webkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el9_6RHSA-2025:137822025-08-13T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutionswebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el9_0RHSA-2025:144222025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionswebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el9_2RHSA-2025:144212025-08-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Supportwebkit2gtk3-0:2.48.5-1.el9_4RHSA-2025:144232025-08-25T00:00:00Z

Package state

ProductPackageState
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6webkitgtkOut of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7webkitgtk3Not affected

Apply commands

bash fix
Apply RHSA-2025:15729 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
yum update -y webkitgtk4
# or:
dnf upgrade -y webkitgtk4

Affected

VendorProductVersion
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Not affected

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
rockylinux rocky8fixed
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky9fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed2.48.5-1~deb12u1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.48.5-1~deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed2.48.5-1
debian debiansidfixed2.48.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.48.5-1~deb13u1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.