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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-8791-1)

🗓️ 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Remote arbitrary code execution or crash in Ghostscript via crafted JPEG 2000 files.

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circl
Circl
CVE-2026-39919
15 Sep 202616:08
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-39919
15 Sep 202614:26
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-39919 Ghostscript < 10.08.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via JPEG 2000 Output Adapter
15 Sep 202614:26
–cvelist
debian
Debian
[SECURITY] [DSA 6516-1] ghostscript security update
25 Sep 202621:17
–debian
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-39919
15 Sep 202614:26
–debiancve
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Debian dsa-6516 : ghostscript - security update
25 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
TencentOS Server 4: ghostscript (TSSA-2026:1047)
23 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-39919
16 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-78584
15 Sep 202614:26
–euvd
nvd
NVD
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)
{
  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");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  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");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

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
SSVC
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