Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-8791-1)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-39919 | 15 Sep 202616:08 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2026-39919 | 15 Sep 202614:26 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-39919 Ghostscript < 10.08.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via JPEG 2000 Output Adapter | 15 Sep 202614:26 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 6516-1] ghostscript security update | 25 Sep 202621:17 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2026-39919 | 15 Sep 202614:26 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian dsa-6516 : ghostscript - security update | 25 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| TencentOS Server 4: ghostscript (TSSA-2026:1047) | 23 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-39919 | 16 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EUVD-2026-78584 | 15 Sep 202614:26 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-39919 | 15 Sep 202615:17 | – | nvd |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8791-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_id(350296);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/25");
script_cve_id("CVE-2026-39919");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8791-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-8791-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-8791-1 advisory.
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 image components with mismatched
subsampling factors. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash or execute
arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8791-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-39919");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ghostscript-x");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs10-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgs9-common");
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script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
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}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript-x', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs9-common', 'pkgver': '9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.9'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-common', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.9'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.9'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10-common', 'pkgver': '10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.9'},
{'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'ghostscript', 'pkgver': '10.06.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs-common', 'pkgver': '10.06.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10', 'pkgver': '10.06.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libgs10-common', 'pkgver': '10.06.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ghostscript / ghostscript-x / libgs-common / libgs10 / etc');
}
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25 Sep 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 49.3
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.00546
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