🛡️ CVE-2026-43701 on Ubuntu — qtwebkit-opensource-src

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.5.2, iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, macOS Tahoe 26.5.2, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6. A malicious website may be able to process restricted web content outside the sandbox.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-43701 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package qtwebkit-opensource-src. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43701 is recorded against 5 packages.

  • qtwebkit-opensource-src
  • qtwebkit-source
  • webkit2gtk
  • webkitgtk
  • wpewebkit

Timeline and source

Published on 29 June 2026 and last revised on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
webkitgtk.org (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-29
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
qtwebkit-opensource-src — —
qtwebkit-source — —
webkit2gtk — —
webkitgtk — —
wpewebkit — —

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