CVE-2026-8632

HighCVSS 7.8

Published: 20/05/2026(UTC)Updated: 04/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 24/07/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

0.90%

56th percentile - higher than 56% of all known CVEs

Summary

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software (HPLIP) that may allow escalation of privileges and/or arbitrary code execution via operating system command injection.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges or execute arbitrary commands on the system, potentially leading to full compromise.

Recommendation

Upgrade HPLIP to the latest available version that includes a security fix.

Other vulnerabilities in HPLIP

CVE-2026-14544Critical
A flaw was found in HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software) due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-8631. This vulnerability, caused by an integer overflow in the hpcups processing path, may allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges or achieve arbitrary code execution.

Original NVD description (English source)

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 operating system command injection.