Bug 2236843 (CVE-2023-27932)

Summary:	CVE-2023-27932 webkitgtk: Same Origin Policy bypass via crafted web content
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	desktop-qa-list, mcatanza, tpopela
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	webkitgtk 2.38.6, webkitgtk 2.40.1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This security issue occurs when processing maliciously crafted web content that may bypass the same-origin Policy.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2236847, 2236848, 2237361
Bug Blocks:	2236851

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-09-01 18:32:44 UTC

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.38.6 and 2.40 branch before 2.40.1.
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may bypass Same Origin Policy. Description: This issue was addressed with improved state management.

References:

https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2023-0003.html

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-09-05 05:42:32 UTC

Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2237361]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:19:01 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6535 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6535

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:19:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:7055 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7055

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2025-07-07 02:26:53 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Via RHSA-2025:10364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10364