CVE-2019-6116: Artifex Ghostscript

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 41.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: up to and including 9.26
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 28 only; version 29 only; version 30 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only; version 42.3 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2019-03-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.