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CVE-2026-108693

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (7.3)—
Severity7.3High · CVSS 4.0
Exploitation probability0.13 %higher than 2% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

CVSS

Base score
7.3
Version
4.0
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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.13 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
2
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

AV:L UI:P indica explotación en cliente (abrir PDF preparado). CWE-427 es búsqueda de DLL/ejecutable sin ruta absoluta; gswin64c.exe en directorio actual hijackea la ejecución con privilegios de ImageMagick.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Execution PreventionAuditRestrict Web-Based ContentRestrict File and Directory PermissionsPrivileged Account ManagementLimit Software Installation

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

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CWEs

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