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Fedora 43 : ghostscript (2026-58a572baa1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 372896

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-58a572baa1 advisory.

 CVE-2026-39919 ghostscript: Heap buffer overflow in JPEG 2000 JPXDecode output adapter

 CVE-2026-101258 ghostscript: ghostscript: -dSAFER sandbox bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free bypass via Type 5 shading OOB write and procedure-stream use-after-free

 CVE-2026-103226 ghostscript: ghostscript: stack-based buffer overflow in pdfwrite via crafted font data

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

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

Solution

Update the affected ghostscript package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-58a572baa1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 372896

File Name: fedora_2026-58a572baa1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.34

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-103226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39919

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39919

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ghostscript

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-101258, CVE-2026-103226, CVE-2026-39919

FEDORA: 2026-58a572baa1

IAVB: 2026-B-0275