🛡️ CVE-2026-8631 on Ubuntu — hplip

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-8631 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package hplip. The fix is available in version 3.24.4+dfsg0-0ubuntu8.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8631 is recorded against 1 package.

  • hplip (fixed in 3.24.4+dfsg0-0ubuntu8.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 May 2026 and last revised on 30 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
support.hp.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

CVE-2026-8631 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-20
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
hplip — 3.24.4+dfsg0-0ubuntu8.1

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