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webkit2gtk, wpewebkit — security advisory
BubblewrapLauncher.cpp in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.34.1 allows a limited sandbox bypass that allows a sandboxed process to trick host processes into thinking the sandboxed process is not confined by the sandbox, by abusing VFS syscalls that manipulate its filesystem namespace. The impact is limited to host services that create UNIX sockets that WebKit mounts inside its sandbox, and the sandboxed process remains otherwise confined. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2021-41133.
- Products
- webkit2gtk, wpewebkit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.34.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-42762
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
BubblewrapLauncher.cpp in WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.34.1 allows a limited sandbox bypass that allows a sandboxed process to trick host processes into thinking the sandboxed process is not confined by the sandbox, by abusing VFS syscalls that manipulate its filesystem namespace. The impact is limited to host services that create UNIX sockets that WebKit mounts inside its sandbox, and the sandboxed process remains otherwise confined. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2021-41133.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42762
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.34.1-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.34.1-1
webkit2gtk
Fixed versions: 2.34.1-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.34.1-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.34.1-1
wpewebkit
Fixed versions: 2.34.1-1
Complete source record
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