CVE-2026-8632

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software – Potential Escalation of Privilege and Arbitrary Code Execution

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 20, 2026 at 08:14 PM UTC
Updated: August 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux Imaging and PrintingEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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 operating system command injection.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.26.4
Affected range stops below 3.26.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.18.4-13.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.18.4-9.el8_4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.18.4-9.el8_6.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.18.4-9.el8_8.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.21.2-6.el9_2.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.21.2-6.el9_4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.21.2-6.el9_6.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.21.2-6.el9_8.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.23.12-10.el10_2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.23.12-8.el10_0.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (14)

Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26228
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26297
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26335
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8632
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480297
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48171

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHredhat-SADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-78

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