CVE-2023-36664

ghostscript: vulnerable to OS command injection due to mishandles permission validation for pipe devices

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 27, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in Ghostscript. This flaw occurs due to a mishandled permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Statement

Versions of Ghostscript shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 are not affected as it will forbid file execution with ".invalidfileaccess" if -dSAFER is used.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')