| Name | CVE-2025-48708 |
| Description | gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u10 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 10.05.1~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 10.05.1~dfsg-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708446
Fixed by: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=5b5968c306b3e35cdeec83bb15026fd74a7334de (ghostpdl-10.05.1)
Argument handling with '#' instead of '=' only relevant on Windows