Memory corruption in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2026-28857

 

Memory corruption in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2026-28857

Published: March 25, 2026 / Updated: March 30, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124386
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28857
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and perform an unexpected process crash.


Affected software

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
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 IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_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 ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
macOS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
visionOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
javascriptcoregtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-doc
webkitgtk6.0-devel
webkitgtk6.0
webkit2gtk4.1-devel
webkit2gtk4.1
javascriptcoregtk4.1
webkitgtk6.0-doc
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
webkit2gtk3-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit-jsc-4
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
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
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit-jsc-6.0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3
Apple Safari

How to mitigate CVE-2026-28857

Install update from vendor's website.

WPE WebKit - update to 2.52.1
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.52.1
macOS - update to 26.4 25E246
Apple Safari - update to 26.4
Apple iOS - update to 26.4 23E246
iPadOS - update to 26.4 23E246
visionOS - update to 26.4
javascriptcoregtk6.0 - 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
javascriptcoregtk4.1 - update to 2.52.1-1
webkitgtk6.0-doc - update to 2.52.1-1
javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel - update to 2.52.1-1
javascriptcoregtk6.0-devel - update to 2.52.1-1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.52.1-1~deb13u1
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
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
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
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
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
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-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
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
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
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
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
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.52.1-4.57.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - 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
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - 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
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - 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
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - 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
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - 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
webkit-jsc-4-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
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-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
webkit2gtk4-devel - 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
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-WebKit2-4_1 - 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
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - 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
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - 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
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
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - 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-minibrowser-debuginfo - 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
webkit-jsc-6.0 - 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
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-devel - update to 2.52.3-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - 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

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