Name: Red Hat: CVE-2026-112177: ghostscript: Reintroduction of .charkeys -dSAFER bypass in RHEL 8
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-112177, CWE-648, CVSS 7.3, EPSS 0.0026

A flaw was found in Ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The correction for CVE-2019-14869 was omitted during the rebase from version 9.25 to 9.27, leaving privileged .forceput operations in the .charkeys procedure insufficiently protected. Processing a specially crafted PostScript file may allow an attacker to bypass -dSAFER restrictions and access files outside the permitted paths or execute commands with the permissions of the Ghostscript process.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Oct 21, 2026	Oct 20, 2026

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CVSS Details

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