CVE-2023-36664

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

3.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Published

2023-06-25

Updated

2026-08-28

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• JeanChpt/CVE-2023-366640★ · 2023-12-12
• churamanib/CVE-2023-36664-Ghostscript-command-injection0★ · 2024-04-12
• jakabakos/CVE-2023-36664-Ghostscript-command-injection131★ · 2023-09-07
• minsmiths/cve-2023-344460★ · 2026-07-08

Security advisories

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-03
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706761

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-0386
• CVE-2023-38646
• CVE-2017-9096
• CVE-2022-22965
• CVE-2022-40127
• CVE-2023-22884