{"id":"CVE-2026-108693","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-108693","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:12:30.829Z","title":"ImageMagick on Windows through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in NTGhostscriptEXE() that launches gswin64c.exe by bare name when Ghostscript is unregistered.","description":"ImageMagick on Windows through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in NTGhostscriptEXE() that launches gswin64c.exe by bare name when Ghostscript is unregistered. Attackers can plant a malicious gswin64c.exe in the working directory to execute code with ImageMagick privileges when PDF, PostScript, or EPS files are converted.","published":"2026-10-11T02:16:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T15:55:46.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00125,"percentile":0.02213,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","score":0.00127,"percentile":0.02099}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-11T02:16:38.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.3","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T02:16:37.607Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/211e5b975a0019a88dcef5f84c1193f46738d815/MagickCore/nt-base.c#L1469-L1511","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/211e5b975a0019a88dcef5f84c1193f46738d815/MagickCore/nt-base.c#L2829-L2832","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ghostx-86/exploitarium/tree/main/imagemagick-gs-delegate-hijack-poc","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-through-7.1.2-33-and-6.9.13-58-uncontrolled-search-path-via-ghostscript-delegate","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108693","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}