CVE catalog

CVE-2026-19547

Severity: High · CVSS 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Sep 28, 2026, 10:00:00 PM UTC
Updated: Sep 29, 2026, 10:17:11 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.11% · Oct 27, 2026

Ghostscript for Windows is vulnerable to local privilege escalation through PostScript resource file hijacking. Due to the application searching for PostScript resource files in predictable paths under C:\\gs\\ that do not exist by default on Windows installations, combined with Windows default ACLs allowing any authenticated user to create directories at the root of C:\\, an attacker who is an authenticated local user can create the expected directory structure and plant a malicious PostScript file. When any user or service subsequently runs Ghostscript, the planted file is automatically loaded and executed with the full privileges of the Ghostscript process. This results in full compromise of Ghostscript process context, as well as running arbitrary code on the machine with Ghostscript process privileges. This issue was fixed in version 10.08.0.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	ghostscript	sid	`10.08.0~dfsg-2`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	forky	`10.08.0~dfsg-2`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	trixie	`10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	trixie-security	`10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u3`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	bookworm	`10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8`	not affected
Debian	ghostscript	bookworm-security	`10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	ghostscript	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	ghostscript	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	ghostscript	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	ghostscript	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[ghostscript]Not affected
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[ghostscript-doc]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[ghostscript-x]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs10]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs10-common]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs9-common]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs-common]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
[libgs-dev]Not affected
Source package: [ghostscript]
Details (4)
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm
- 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · ghostscript · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 5:02:06 AM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]