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CVE-2026-8631

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software – Potential Escalation of Privilege and Arbitrary Code Execution

Published: May 20, 2026Updated: Aug 4, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-122
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 23.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software. This potential vulnerability may allow escalation of privileges and/or arbitrary code execution via an integer overflow in the hpcups processing path when handling crafted print data.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-122CWE-190

Affected Products

HP Inc
commercial·USaka hp, hewlett packard, hewlett-packard
HP Linux Imaging and Printing SoftwareEmbedded
Hardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
hp
commercial·USaka hewlett packard, hpe
linux imaging and printingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_14942099-14942126-16/hpsbpi04118
support.hp.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26228
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26297
access.redhat.com
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