ALSA-2026:93978

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    ALSA-2026:93978

    Published: 2 Nov 2026Last Modified: 2 Nov 2026
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    CVE-2026-112177

    Summary: Important: ghostscript security update

    Details: 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: Reintroduction of .charkeys -dSAFER bypass in AlmaLinux 8 (CVE-2026-112177) 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93978, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112177, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2555564, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-93978.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/ghostscript

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.27-20.el8_10

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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