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2 vulnerabilities found for Ghostscript by Artifex Software Inc.
CVE-2026-19547 (GCVE-0-2026-19547)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-29 10:13 – Updated: 2026-09-29 10:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in Ghostscript for Windows
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-29 10:52 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/CVE-2026-19547 | third-party-advisory |
| https://ghostscript.com/ | product |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709522 | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artifex Software Inc. | Ghostscript |
Affected:
0 , < 10.08.0
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:artifex_software_inc.:ghostscript:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
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CVE-2026-19547 (GCVE-0-2026-19547)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-29 10:13 – Updated: 2026-09-29 10:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in Ghostscript for Windows
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-29 10:52 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/CVE-2026-19547 | third-party-advisory |
| https://ghostscript.com/ | product |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709522 | third-party-advisory |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Artifex Software Inc. | Ghostscript |
Affected:
0 , < 10.08.0
(semver)
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