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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

21 May 2026, 18:58

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_14942099-14942126-16/hpsbpi04118 -~~	() https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_14942099-14942126-16/hpsbpi04118 - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Hp Hp linux Imaging And Printing
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
CWE		CWE-190

20 May 2026, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-20 21:16

Updated : 2026-05-21 18:58

NVD link : CVE-2026-8631

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8631

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8631

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Products Affected

hp

linux_imaging_and_printing

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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