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.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2026:1400 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2026-112177:
    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_93978 advisory.

    * ghostscript: Reintroduction of .charkeys -dSAFER bypass in Rocky Linux 8 (CVE-2026-112177)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2026-2241:05 advisory.

    * ghostscript: Reintroduction of .charkeys -dSAFER bypass in RHEL 8 (CVE-2026-112177)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:93978 advisory.

    * ghostscript: Reintroduction of .charkeys -dSAFER bypass in Rocky Linux 8 (CVE-2026-112177)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-93978 advisory.

    [9.27-20]
    - CVE-2026-112177 ghostscript: Reintroduction of .charkeys -dSAFER bypass in RHEL 8
      -dSAFER bypass in RHEL 8

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:93978 advisory.

    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 RHEL 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
379298	TencentOS Server 3: ghostscript (TSSA-2026:1400)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	Local	high
376394	Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: ghostscript / ghostscript-debuginfo / ghostscript-debugsource / etc (crlsa-2026_93978)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
375771	MiracleLinux 8 : ghostscript-9.27-20.el8_10 (AXSA:2026-2241:05)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
375452	RockyLinux 8 : ghostscript (RLSA-2026:93978)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
375391	Oracle Linux 8 : ghostscript (ELSA-2026-93978)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
375312	RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2026:93978)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high

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