CVE-2026-8631: HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software Escalation of Privileges Risk

Summary

The HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software may be vulnerable to attacks that allow unauthorized access to sensitive data or system functions. This could happen if an attacker sends specially crafted print data to the software. To protect your system, update the HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software to the latest version as soon as possible.

What to do

No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
hp	linux_imaging_and_printing	< 3.26.4 `cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing::::::::`

Original title

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...

Original 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.

nvd CVSS4.0 9.3

Vulnerability type

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-190 Integer Overflow

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_14942099-14942126-16/hpsbpi04118