CVE-2026-4480

A flaw was found in the Samba printing subsystem. Samba passes the client-controlled job description string to the command configured with the "print command" setting via the "%J" substitution character without escaping shell meta characters. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted print job description that contains unescaped shell characters. This could lead to remote code execution on the affected system.
References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22644
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22963
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25049
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25979
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28053
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28054
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28055
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28056
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28057
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28058
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28132
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4480 Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452232 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16033 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22644
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22963
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25049
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25979
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28053
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28054
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28055
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28056
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28057
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28058
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28132
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4480 Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452232 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4480.json
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2026-05-26 15:16

Updated : 2026-09-01 12:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-4480

Mitre link : CVE-2026-4480

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-4480


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • openshift_container_platform

samba

  • samba
CWE
CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')