CVE-2026-101258

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-06. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-93982 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in Ghostscript. When Ghostscript renders a crafted PostScript or EPS document, it can bypass the -dSAFER sandbox and execute arbitrary shell commands in the context of the Ghostscript process. The issue chains memory corruption in document parsing with disabling of internal path access controls at runtime. An attacker can deliver the document directly or through formats that delegate rendering to Ghostscript (for example EPS import or print conversion workflows). Successful exploitation can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data accessible to the process running Ghostscript.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-29). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 6, 2026

Last Modified

October 15, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Oct 6, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Web page

pocs/ghostscript at main · v12-security/pocs · GitHub

https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/ghostscript
Red Hat

2542396 – (CVE-2026-101258) CVE-2026-101258 ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542396
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

CVE-2026-101258 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, or 10 because the ImageMagick RPM is not shipped on those releases.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-101258

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibgs9-common (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm11) @ xenial2026-10-29ubuntu
redhatghostscript-0:9.27-19.el8_102026-10-15redhat
redhatghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.32026-10-15redhat
redhatghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.32026-10-15redhat

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.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11 ... 10.08.0~dfsg-2 (33 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ghostscript10.05.1~dfsg-1, 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1, 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u2
  • every version up to 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u3: fixed in 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u3
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ghostscript10.05.1~dfsg-1 ... 10.07.1~dfsg-1 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 10.08.0~dfsg-1: fixed in 10.08.0~dfsg-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 66× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-11-01 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  2. 2026-10-31 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  3. 2026-10-30 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  4. 2026-10-29 22:11 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-29 22:11 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-29 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  7. 2026-10-29 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  8. 2026-10-28 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  9. 2026-10-27 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  10. 2026-10-26 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  11. 2026-10-25 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  12. 2026-10-25 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-24 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  14. 2026-10-23 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  15. 2026-10-22 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-22 19:50 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-22 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  18. 2026-10-22 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  19. 2026-10-21 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  20. 2026-10-20 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  21. 2026-10-19 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  22. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  23. 2026-10-18 05:11 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-17 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  25. 2026-10-16 16:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-15 17:29 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-15 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  3. 2026-10-15 16:50 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-15 16:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  5. 2026-10-15 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  6. 2026-10-15 13:28 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-15 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-15 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-15 12:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  10. 2026-10-14 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  11. 2026-10-13 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  12. 2026-10-12 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  14. 2026-10-11 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-11 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-11 15:02 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-11 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 3rd percentile
  18. 2026-10-11 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-10-10 23:36 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-10 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  21. 2026-10-10 19:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 3rd percentile
  22. 2026-10-10 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  23. 2026-10-10 01:15 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-10 01:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  25. 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 3rd percentile
  26. 2026-10-09 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  27. 2026-10-09 02:58 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-09 02:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  29. 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 3rd percentile
  30. 2026-10-08 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  31. 2026-10-08 04:31 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-08 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  33. 2026-10-07 23:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 3rd percentile
  34. 2026-10-07 17:22 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-07 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  36. 2026-10-07 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  37. 2026-10-07 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  38. 2026-10-06 21:32 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-10-06 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-g96p-c3cq-wp28 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  40. 2026-10-06 20:22 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 7.8 HIGH
  41. 2026-10-06 20:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-101258?
CVE-2026-101258 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 6, 2026. A flaw was found in Ghostscript. When Ghostscript renders a crafted PostScript or EPS document, it can bypass the -dSAFER sandbox and execute arbitrary shell commands in the context of the Ghostscript process. The issue chains memory corruption in document parsing with disabling of internal path…
When was CVE-2026-101258 made public?
CVE-2026-101258 was made public on October 6, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on October 6, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-101258 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-101258 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-101258?
CVE-2026-101258 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-101258?
A fix for CVE-2026-101258 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-101258 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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