CVE-2026-112177 Ghostscript - Broken Access Control

Ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by insufficient protection of privileged .forceput operations in the .charkeys procedure, letting attackers bypass -dSAFER restrictions to access files or execute commands with Ghostscript process permissions, exploit requires processing a specially crafted PostScript file.

CVSS base score 7.3 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
File System Read, Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Published
20 October 2026
Updated
20 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-648

Vendor fix

Update to the latest Ghostscript version including the fix for CVE-2019-14869.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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