Critical [CVE-2026-17653] Use after free in Skia
This critical-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-17653 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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Summary
Use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) Upstream bug(s): Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Google Chrome Security Advisory.
Weakness: CWE-825. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2026:74084.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: webkit2gtk3; Red Hat package: webkitgtk4.
- < 151.0.7922.72
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- webkit2gtk3-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10
- RHSA-2026:74084
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: webkit2gtk3-0:2.54.0-1.el8_10, RHSA-2026:74084. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here. Review it before change work.
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