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Fedora 44 : webkitgtk (2026-40db9b80a2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 350085

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-2026-40db9b80a2 advisory.

 Update to 2.54.0:

 * Switch web process compositor to use Skia instead of TextureMapper.
 * Improved damage handling that is now also used during the composition to limit the composited areas.
 * Implement GPU atlas creation and replay substitution for batched raster image uploads.
 * Media capability reporting is more accurate.
 * Video decoding limits are now respected in media capabilities queries.
 * Add new improved API for page favicons.
 * Add magnification property to WebKitWebView to handle visual scaling.
 * Add new API to allow setting a per-navigation custom User-Agent to WebKitWebsitePolicies.
 * Remove the option to use cairo for 2D rendering.

 WebKit Security fixes from 2.54.0: CVE-2026-84635, CVE-2026-64753, CVE-2026-64715, CVE-2026-64778, CVE-2026-64779, CVE-2026-64780, CVE-2026-64782, CVE-2026-64784, CVE-2026-65331, CVE-2026-65332, CVE-2026-65333, CVE-2026-65334, CVE-2026-65335, CVE-2026-65336, CVE-2026-65337, CVE-2026-65338, CVE-2026-65340, CVE-2026-65341, CVE-2026-65351, CVE-2026-78376, CVE-2026-83596.

 WebKit security fixes from 2.52.6: CVE-2026-43804, CVE-2026-64713, CVE-2026-64728, CVE-2026-64730, CVE-2026-64757, CVE-2026-64783

 This update also fixes a couple hundred or so ANGLE CVEs and several dozen Skia CVEs.

 This update [breaks some styles in Evolution](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322568). Sorry about that.








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-2026-40db9b80a2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 350085

File Name: fedora_2026-40db9b80a2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13781

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4860, CVE-2024-7966, CVE-2024-8193, CVE-2024-8198, CVE-2024-8636, CVE-2024-9123, CVE-2025-0436, CVE-2025-0444, CVE-2026-10009, CVE-2026-10011, CVE-2026-10012, CVE-2026-10020, CVE-2026-10925, CVE-2026-10941, CVE-2026-10977, CVE-2026-10985, CVE-2026-10993, CVE-2026-11024, CVE-2026-11039, CVE-2026-11057, CVE-2026-11099, CVE-2026-11121, CVE-2026-11124, CVE-2026-11159, CVE-2026-11663, CVE-2026-11675, CVE-2026-13781, CVE-2026-13820, CVE-2026-13841, CVE-2026-13885, CVE-2026-13971, CVE-2026-14387, CVE-2026-14389, CVE-2026-14410, CVE-2026-14414, CVE-2026-14419, CVE-2026-14427, CVE-2026-14429, CVE-2026-15766, CVE-2026-15774, CVE-2026-16417, CVE-2026-17653, CVE-2026-17702, CVE-2026-17712, CVE-2026-17745, CVE-2026-17757, CVE-2026-17771, CVE-2026-17914, CVE-2026-17992, CVE-2026-19154, CVE-2026-19160, CVE-2026-19161, CVE-2026-19173, CVE-2026-19176, CVE-2026-3538, CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3931, CVE-2026-43804, CVE-2026-4460, CVE-2026-5870, CVE-2026-6298, CVE-2026-6364, CVE-2026-64713, CVE-2026-64715, CVE-2026-64728, CVE-2026-64730, CVE-2026-64753, CVE-2026-64757, CVE-2026-64778, CVE-2026-64779, CVE-2026-64780, CVE-2026-64782, CVE-2026-64783, CVE-2026-64784, CVE-2026-65331, CVE-2026-65332, CVE-2026-65333, CVE-2026-65334, CVE-2026-65335, CVE-2026-65336, CVE-2026-65337, CVE-2026-65338, CVE-2026-65340, CVE-2026-65341, CVE-2026-65351, CVE-2026-7353, CVE-2026-76041, CVE-2026-78376, CVE-2026-78914, CVE-2026-78958, CVE-2026-79020, CVE-2026-79112, CVE-2026-79144, CVE-2026-79147, CVE-2026-7920, CVE-2026-7923, CVE-2026-7949, CVE-2026-83596, CVE-2026-84359, CVE-2026-84635, CVE-2026-85049, CVE-2026-8510, CVE-2026-8579, CVE-2026-91733, CVE-2026-91740, CVE-2026-91747, CVE-2026-9892, CVE-2026-9893, CVE-2026-9909, CVE-2026-9923, CVE-2026-9981, CVE-2026-9983, CVE-2026-9998

FEDORA: 2026-40db9b80a2

IAVA: 2026-A-1054