Description
An API design flaw in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit allows untrusted web content to unexpectedly perform IP connections, DNS lookups, and HTTP requests. Applications expect to use the WebPage::send-request signal handler to approve or reject all network requests. However, certain types of HTTP requests bypass this signal handler.
Problem types
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Product status
Timeline
| 2025-12-23: | Reported to Red Hat. |
| 2026-04-23: | Made public. |
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Albrecht Dreß for reporting this issue.
References
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-66286
bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259787
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2424652 (RHBZ#2424652)