CVE-2025-48708

MEDIUMNVD 4.02.9▼
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 2.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2025-05-23. NVD baseline CVSS 4.0; sources differ by 1.1.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
4.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.

CVSS v3
4.0
EG Score
2.9(medium)
EPSS
19.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 23, 2025

Last Modified

June 20, 2025

References (3)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibgs9-common (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.12) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCB1tBreaker/CVE-2025-48708
    First seen May 25, 2025

    Lack of argument sanitization leading to password leakage in Ghostscript PDF versions up to 10.05.0.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-48708?
CVE-2025-48708 is a medium vulnerability published on May 23, 2025. gslibctxstashsanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.
When was CVE-2025-48708 disclosed?
CVE-2025-48708 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 23, 2025, with the most recent update on June 20, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-48708 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-48708 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 19.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-48708?
CVE-2025-48708 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 2.9.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-48708?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-48708, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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