RHSA-2026:74464MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

Published
October 1, 2026
Last Modified
October 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-39919 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-39919 — ghostscript: ghostscript: Heap buffer overflow via JPEG 2000 output adapter

🎯 Affected products51

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-debugsource-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-doc-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-0:10.02.1-16.el10_2.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)
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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: To mitigate this vulnerability, avoid processing untrusted or suspicious PDF documents with Ghostscript. Users should exercise caution when handling files from unknown or unverified sources.

🔗 References (4)