CVE-2023-36664

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-36664
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-25 22:15:21 UTC
Updated2026-08-28 16:16:49 UTC
DescriptionArtifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.043450000 probability, percentile 0.905210000 (date 2026-08-30)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-552 | n/a | CWE-552 CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: ghostscript-10.01.2-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: ghostscript-10.01.2-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists [email protected] lists.fedoraproject.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit [email protected] git.ghostscript.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: ghostscript-9.56.1-8.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Broken Link
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.ghostscript.com Permissions Required
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.ghostscript.com Permissions Required
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-36664 [email protected] security-tracker.debian.org
www.kroll.com/en/publications/cyber/ghostscript-cve-2023-36664-remote-code-... [email protected] www.kroll.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5446-1 ghostscript af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: ghostscript-9.56.1-8.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists [email protected] lists.fedoraproject.org
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-03) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
artifex.com/blog/security-vulnerability-fixed-in-ghostscript-10.01.2 [email protected] artifex.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit [email protected] git.ghostscript.com
Bug Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160957 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ELSA-2023-5459)
  • 199456 Ubuntu Security Notification for Ghostscript Vulnerability (USN-6213-1)
  • 241873 Red Hat Update for ghostscript (RHSA-2023:4324)
  • 242112 Red Hat Update for ghostscript (RHSA-2023:5459)
  • 284317 Fedora Security Update for ghostscript (FEDORA-2023-d8a1c3e5e2)
  • 284338 Fedora Security Update for ghostscript (FEDORA-2023-83c805b441)
  • 285306 Fedora Security Update for ghostscript (FEDORA-2023-b240ebd9aa)
  • 355807 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS2023-2023-276
  • 378699 Ghostscript Code Execution Vulnerability
  • 378961 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0127)
  • 503041 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503042 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 6000225 Debian Security Update for ghostscript (DSA 5446-1)
  • 673373 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2876)
  • 673844 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2895)
  • 673857 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2785)
  • 674059 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2809)
  • 710748 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-03)
  • 754169 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:2829-1)
  • 754177 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:2844-1)
  • 941284 AlmaLinux Security Update for ghostscript (ALSA-2023:5459)
  • 961040 Rocky Linux Security Update for ghostscript (RLSA-2023:5459)

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