Protection mechanism failure in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2026-20643

Vulnerability identifier: #VU124085

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20643

CWE-ID: CWE-693

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures within the Navigation API in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and bypass Same Origin Policy.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
iPadOS
Apple iOS
Ubuntu
macOS
visionOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
javascriptcoregtk4.1
webkitgtk6.0-doc
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
webkit-jsc-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
Apple Safari

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.52.1
WPE WebKit - update to 2.52.1
iPadOS - addressed in versions 18.7.7 22H333, 26.3.1 (a) 23D771330a, 26.4 23E246
Apple iOS - addressed in versions 18.7.7 22H333, 26.3.1 (a) 23D771330a, 26.4 23E246
macOS - addressed in versions 26.3.1 (a) 25D771280a, 26.3.2 (a) 25D771400a, 26.4 25E246
Apple Safari - update to 26.4
visionOS - update to 26.4
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.52.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.52.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-doc - update to 2.52.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-devel - update to 2.52.1-1
webkitgtk6.0 - update to 2.52.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1-devel - update to 2.52.1-1
webkit2gtk4.1 - update to 2.52.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.52.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - update to 2.52.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.52.1-1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.52.1-1~deb13u1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.52.1-4.57.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-4.57.1, 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.52.1-150400.4.140.2, 2.52.1-150600.12.63.1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.52.3-0.el9_7.1, 2.52.3-1.el8_4, 2.52.3-1.el8_6, 2.52.3-1.el8_8, 2.52.3-1.el8_10, 2.52.3-1.el9_0, 2.52.3-1.el9_2, 2.52.3-1.el9_4, 2.52.3-1.el9_6
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.52.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.52.3-0ubuntu0.25.10.1, 2.52.3-0ubuntu0.26.04.2
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.52.3-1.el7_9
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.52.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.52.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.52.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.52.3-1.0.1

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/126604
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2026-0002.html

• Security restrictions bypass in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Security restrictions bypass in macOS Tahoe
• Security restrictions bypass in Apple iOS and iPadOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Tahoe
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple visionOS
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Anolis OS update for webkitgtk
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for webkit2gtk3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for webkitgtk4