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Vulnerability · ALSA-2026:83553

Important: ghostscript security update

Published Oct 15, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 16, 2026 · Important: ghostscript security update

Open the advisory

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for ALSA-2026:83553. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Important: ghostscript security update with the linked advisory before you change production.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Important: ghostscript security update).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
  • EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
Awaiting synchronization with FIRST
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript · AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-doc · AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-tools-fonts · AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-tools-printing · AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-x11

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free (CVE-2026-101258) * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data (CVE-2026-103226) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-doc0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-tools-fonts0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-tools-printing0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-x110 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 libgs0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3
  • AlmaLinux:9 libgs-devel0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

How to fix ALSA-2026:83553

  • Recommended remediation

    A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for ALSA-2026:83553. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Important: ghostscript security update with the linked advisory before you change production.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 0 → 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS is not on this record yet. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Detected

    The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free (CVE-2026-101258) * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overfl

  2. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3; ghostscript-doc fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3; ghostscript-tools-dvipdf fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3; ghostscript-tools-fonts fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  3. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  4. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript-doc fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  5. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript-tools-dvipdf fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  6. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript-tools-fonts fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  7. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript-tools-printing fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  8. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    ghostscript-x11 fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  9. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    libgs fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  10. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    libgs-devel fixed in 9.54.0-19.el9_8.3

  11. Oct 16, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Updated

    The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free (CVE-2026-101258) * ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overfl

Sources

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.