CVE-2026-8631

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_14942099-14942126-16/hpsbpi04118	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26228
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26297
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26335
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48171
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48586
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48603
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48606
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48959
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48960
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48961
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8631
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480300
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8631.json

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-20 21:16

Updated : 2026-08-04 13:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-8631

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8631

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8631

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hp

linux_imaging_and_printing

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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