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Important: ghostscript security update

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free (CVE-2026-101258) * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data (CVE-2026-103226) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Products
ghostscript
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
CVEs
CVE-2026-101258, CVE-2026-103226
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 20:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Important: ghostscript security update

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 12:05 UTC

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free (CVE-2026-101258) * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data (CVE-2026-103226) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

osv:RLSA-2026:83553

ghostscript

Fixed versions: 0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2026%3A83553",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Important: ghostscript security update",
    "summary": "The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free (CVE-2026-101258) * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data (CVE-2026-103226) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
    "evidence": "osv:RLSA-2026:83553",
    "products": [
      {
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        },
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    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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          "package": {
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          },
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T12:45:03.605326512Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542396",
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        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83553"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
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      }
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 340934,
  "published_at": "2026-10-16T12:05:26.574296+00:00"
}