Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affecting webkitgtk package, versions [,2.48.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WEBKITGTK-12427275
  • published2 Sept 2025
  • disclosed1 Aug 2025
  • creditGilad Moav

Introduced: 1 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-43227  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-359  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade webkitgtk to version 2.48.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor via the web content process. An attacker can access sensitive user information by enticing a user to process specially crafted web content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1