Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2026-28958

 

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in WPE WebKit and WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2026-28958

Published: May 12, 2026 / Updated: May 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131080
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28958
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local application to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output in WebKit. A local application can access sensitive user data.


Affected software

WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
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 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
macOS
Apple iOS
iPadOS
visionOS
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-devel
webkit-jsc-4.1
webkit-jsc-4
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
webkit-jsc-6.0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-28958

Install update from vendor's website.

macOS - update to 26.5 25F71
Apple iOS - update to 26.5 23F77
iPadOS - update to 26.5 23F77
visionOS - update to 26.5
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.52.4-1.el8_4, 2.52.4-1.el8_6, 2.52.4-1.el8_8, 2.52.4-1.el8_10, 2.52.4-1.el9_2, 2.52.4-1.el9_4, 2.52.4-1.el9_6, 2.52.4-1.el9_8
webkitgtk - update to 2.52.4-1.fc43
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.52.4-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.52.4-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.52.4-1.0.1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.52.4-1.0.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.4-4.60.2, 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.52.4-4.60.2
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit-jsc-4 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.52.4-150400.4.143.1, 2.52.4-150600.12.68.1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.52.5-1~deb13u1

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