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High 1 exploited CVE ALSA-2023:0021 1 CVE

Important: webkit2gtk3 security update

Published Jan 4, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform.

Security Fix(es):

* webkitgtk: processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-42856)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3 2.36.7-1.el9_1.1
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-devel 2.36.7-1.el9_1.1
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-jsc 2.36.7-1.el9_1.1
AlmaLinux · 9 webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel 2.36.7-1.el9_1.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42856
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2153683
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0021.html