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Red HatCVE-2026-14544

Red Hat HPLIP: privilege escalation

Critical9.8CVE-2026-14544 · Published Jul 3, 2026 · updated Aug 21, 2026

A flaw was found in HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software). This vulnerability, an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-8631, may allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges or achieve arbitrary code execution. This can occur through an integer overflow in the hpcups processing path when handling specially crafted print data.

Red Hat advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
HPLIP
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
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