A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, Safari 26.1, visionOS 26.1. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash.

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6172 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6172-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                           Alberto Garcia     March 21, 2026                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : webkit2gtk     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-43214 CVE-2025-43457 CVE-2025-43511 CVE-2026-20608                      CVE-2026-20635 CVE-2026-20636 CVE-2026-20644 CVE-2026-20652                      CVE-2026-20676

    The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK     web engine:

    CVE-2025-43214

        shandikri discovered that processing maliciously crafted web         content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

    CVE-2025-43457

         Gary Kwong and Hossein Lotfi discovered that processing          maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process          crash.

    CVE-2025-43511

        Lee Dong Ha discovered that processing maliciously crafted web         content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

    CVE-2026-20608

        HanQing and Nan Wang discovered that processing maliciously         crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

    CVE-2026-20635

        EntryHi discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content         may lead to an unexpected process crash.

    CVE-2026-20636

        EntryHi discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content         may lead to an unexpected process crash.

    CVE-2026-20644

        HanQing and Nan Wang discovered that processing maliciously         crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

    CVE-2026-20652

        Nathaniel Oh discovered that a remote attacker may be able to         cause a denial-of-service.

    CVE-2026-20676

        Tom Van Goethem discovered that a website may be able to track         users through web extensions.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 2.50.6-1~deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 2.50.6-1~deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your webkit2gtk packages.

    For the detailed security status of webkit2gtk please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/webkit2gtk

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 26.1,     macOS Tahoe 26.1, iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, Safari 26.1, visionOS 26.1. Processing maliciously crafted web     content may lead to an unexpected Safari crash. (CVE-2025-43457)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of Apple iOS running on the mobile device is prior to 26.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 26.x prior to 26.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.1. An app may     be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt process memory. (CVE-2025-43402)

  - Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host     nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines. (CVE-2025-32462)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML     that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with     tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other     parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML     gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-43398)

  - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an     XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does     not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or     later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-49761)

  - A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5,     iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A shortcut may be able to access files that are     normally inaccessible to the Shortcuts app. (CVE-2025-30465)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
303253	Debian dsa-6172 : gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
303070	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-43457	Nessus	Misc.	medium
272230	Apple iOS < 26.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125632)	Nessus	Mobile Devices	high
272228	macOS 26.x < 26.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (125634)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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