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CVE-2026-64728

webkitgtk: Maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 20, 2026

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. Processing malicious web content can violate the iframe sandboxing policy due to improper validation.

Statement

To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to trick a user into processing or loading malicious web content. Due to this reason, this flaw has been rated with a moderate severity.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Do not process or load untrusted web content with WebKitGTK.

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the following packages require WebKitGTK4: evolution-data-server, glade, gnome-boxes, gnome-initial-setup, gnome-online-accounts, gnome-shell, shotwell, sushi and yelp.

This vulnerability can only be exploited when these packages are installed in the system and being used via a graphical interface to process untrusted web content, via GNOME for example. In gnome-shell, the vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker from the local network without user interaction.

To mitigate this vulnerability, consider removing these packages. Note that some of these packages are required by GNOME, removing them will also remove GNOME and other packages, breaking functionality. However, the server can still be used via the terminal interface.

Additionally, WebKitGTK3 is not required by any package. Therefore, it can be removed without consequences or break of functionality.

CVSS / CWE

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

CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure