# CVE-2025-48708: Information disclosure in Ghostscript

> Ghostscript fails to sanitize arguments, causing PDF passwords to be stored in cleartext, allowing attackers to read sensitive credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 May 2025
- **Updated:** 24 May 2025
- **Also known as:** CLSA-2026-1778897873, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48708, GHSA-7q9j-33vm-8375, MGASA-2025-0170, MINI-9gvx-v692-rpjx, OESA-2025-1580, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-48708, SUSE-SU-2025:03460-1, SUSE-SU-2025:03461-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48708

## What is CVE-2025-48708?

CVE-2025-48708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 23 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-212 (Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48708?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ghostscript` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | All versions | 9.52-150000.206.1 |
| `ghostscript` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | All versions | 9.52-150000.206.1 |
| `ghostscript` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | All versions | 9.52-23.92.1 |
| `ghostscript` | openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 9.52-150000.206.1 |

Products: Artifex Ghostscript.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-48708?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-48708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Lack of argument sanitization leading to password leakage in Ghostscript PDF versions up to 10.05.0. (github_poc): https://github.com/B1tBreaker/CVE-2025-48708

## Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript

- [CVE-2017-8291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8291/): Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-3781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3781/): Command injection in ghostscript (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-27831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27831/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-27832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27832/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27836/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 23 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Artifex Ghostscript. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.