CVE-2026-108693
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-11 02:16:37.607000
Last modified
2026-11-03 16:52:29.770000
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