USN-7702-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

USN-7702-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
Publication date: 19 August 2025
Overview: Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.
Releases: 25.04 ,24.04 LTS

Packages
webkit2gtk - Web content engine library for GTK+

Details
Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript
engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,
including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and
arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

25.04 plucky

• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.25.04.1

24.04 noble

• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

22.04 jammy

• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 – 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1