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Fedora 44 : webkitgtk (2026-a63aad0224)

high Nessus Plugin ID 319600

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a63aad0224 advisory.

 * Add support for half-width fonts.
 * Improve content filter compilation by avoiding file copies.
 * Improve handling of out of disk space conditions when the NetworkProcess tried to write data in caches.
 * Fix painting scrollbars when their width changes.
 * Fix playback of certain YouTube videos with low frame rates.
 * Fix webkit://gpu not working in systems where neither libGL.so.1 nor libOpenGL.so.0 are available.
 * Fix several crashes and rendering issues.
 * Security fixes: CVE-2026-28847, CVE-2026-28883, CVE-2026-28901, CVE-2026-28902, CVE-2026-28903, CVE-2026-28904, CVE-2026-28905, CVE-2026-28907, CVE-2026-28942, CVE-2026-28946, CVE-2026-28947, CVE-2026-28953, CVE-2026-28955, CVE-2026-28958, CVE-2026-43658, CVE-2026-43660

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

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

Solution

Update the affected webkitgtk package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a63aad0224

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 319600

File Name: fedora_2026-a63aad0224.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2026

Updated: 6/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28947

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28847, CVE-2026-28883, CVE-2026-28901, CVE-2026-28902, CVE-2026-28903, CVE-2026-28904, CVE-2026-28905, CVE-2026-28907, CVE-2026-28942, CVE-2026-28946, CVE-2026-28947, CVE-2026-28953, CVE-2026-28955, CVE-2026-28958, CVE-2026-43658, CVE-2026-43660