RHSA-2026:83553HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

Published
October 15, 2026
Last Modified
October 31, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-101258 →CVE-2026-103226 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-101258 — ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free CVE-2026-103226 — ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data

🎯 Affected products87

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-doc-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:9.54.0-19.el9_8.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security's standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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