Ubuntu USN-8791-1 Fixes Ghostscript Vulnerability
Tech GuruQuick Answer
The authority published USN-8791-1 for Ghostscript vulnerability on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (resolute), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy). Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. Affected deployments should be matched to the authority's exact scope and moved to the supported fixed release.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Fix
What to do now: Inventory Ghostscript vulnerability on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (resolute), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy), match the exact affected release or feature, apply the authority-supported fixed build or service remediation, validate the dependent workflow, and preserve evidence.
Last verified: 2026-09-21 UTC. Recheck the authoritative advisory and supported distribution channel before changing production.
Scope And Authority
| Product scope | Ghostscript vulnerability on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (resolute), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy) |
|---|---|
| Advisory | USN-8791-1 |
| CVE | CVE-2026-39919 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-09-21 12:51:18.798170 UTC |
| Authority revision date | 2026-09-21 12:51:18.798170 UTC |
| Affected versions | The Ubuntu releases and packages enumerated in USN-8791-1: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (resolute), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy). |
| Fixed version | jammy: ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14 / noble: ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.9 / resolute: ghostscript 10.06.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1 |
| CVSS base score | Not provided by the authority |
| CVSS severity | Not provided by the authority |
| Exploitation status | Not stated by the authority; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
What Changed
Ghostscript could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Locate Ghostscript vulnerability on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (resolute), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy) deployments, versions, enabled features, exposure paths, owners, and dependent services.
- Establish applicability. Compare each deployment with the authority's affected-version statement: The Ubuntu releases and packages enumerated in USN-8791-1: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (resolute), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy). Do not infer applicability from product family or severity alone.
- Remediate. Apply jammy: ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.14 / noble: ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.9 / resolute: ghostscript 10.06.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1 through the supported vendor or project channel, following the current advisory and change-control requirements.
- Validate. Confirm the resulting version or managed-service state, exercise representative functionality and recovery paths, monitor for regressions, and document exceptions.
- Retain evidence. Preserve asset and owner identifiers, the applicability decision, before-and-after versions, change approval, installation output, validation results, and any exception or rollback record.
Operational Cautions
Use the exact supported release stream and repository. Test dependencies, clusters, integrations, and rollback before broad deployment; a CVSS rating or reachable feature is not evidence of exploitation.
Evidence To Retain
- Exact product, release stream, package or application version, enabled feature, environment, and accountable owner.
- UTC timestamps, authority revision, approved change record, installer or package-manager output, and resulting version.
- Relevant logs and monitoring evidence, test results, exceptions, compensating controls, and rollback decisions.
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Authoritative References
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