CVE-2026-8631
HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software – Potential Escalation of Privilege and Arbitrary Code Execution
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- May 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Reserved
- May 14, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | hp |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
HP Linux Imaging and Printing SoftwareHP Inc |
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References
- https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_14942099-14942126-16/hpsbpi04118
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8631vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2480300issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8631.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48606vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26228vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26335vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48960vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48961vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48959vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48603vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48586vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48171vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26297vendor-advisory
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