Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2026-43804

Vulnerability identifier: #VU143695

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43804

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in WebKit when visiting a website. A remote attacker can host a crafted website to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required to visit the website.

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
visionOS
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
macOS
iPadOS
Apple iOS
Apple Safari
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package)
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel
webkit-jsc-4.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-debugsource
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
webkit-jsc-6.0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser
webkit2gtk4-devel
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4
webkit2gtk3-devel
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo
webkit-jsc-4
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo

Install security update from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.52.6
WPE WebKit - update to 2.52.6
visionOS - update to 26.6
macOS - update to 26.6 25G72
Apple Safari - update to 26.6
iPadOS - update to 26.6 23G71
Apple iOS - update to 26.6 23G71
webkit2gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.52.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 2.52.6-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.52.6-1~deb13u1
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_1 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-WebKitWebProcessExtension-6_0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit-jsc-4.1 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk4-debugsource - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit-jsc-6.0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
WebKitGTK-6.0-lang - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-64bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-64bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-32bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
WebKitGTK-4.0-lang - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
WebKitGTK-4.1-lang - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-32bit - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit-6_0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkitgtk-6_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-6_0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-debugsource - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit-jsc-4.1-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-soup2-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk4-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit-jsc-4-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-minibrowser - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk4-devel - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_1 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit-jsc-6.0-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
webkit-jsc-4 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libjavascriptcoregtk-6_0-1 - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1
libwebkitgtk-6_0-4-debuginfo - update to 2.52.6-150600.12.74.1

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/128073
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316816
• https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2026-0005.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Tahoe
• Multiple vulnerabilities in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple visionOS
• Debian update for webkit2gtk
• Ubuntu update for webkit2gtk
• SUSE update for webkit2gtk3