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Critical Ghostscript Flaw Lets Attackers Use Malicious PDFs to Execute Code
A critical vulnerability in Ghostscript could allow attackers to use specially made PDF files to run code on vulnerable servers. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-39919, affects Ghostscript versions before 10.08.0 and has a CVSS severity score of 9.8 out of 10. Ghostscript is widely used to render PDFs, create document thumbnails, and convert PostScript files […] The post Critical Ghostscript Flaw Lets Attackers Use Malicious PDFs to Execute Code appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A critical vulnerability in Ghostscript could allow attackers to use specially made PDF files to run code on vulnerable servers. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-39919, affects Ghostscript versions before 10.08.0 and has a CVSS severity score of 9.8 out of 10. Ghostscript is widely used to render PDFs, create document thumbnails, and convert PostScript files into images. The issue is especially important for websites and services that accept uploaded PDFs. WordPress sites, document portals, print services, email gateways, invoice platforms, and file-conversion APIs may all call Ghostscript…
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