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.

rocky_linux RLSA-2026:40831: RLSA-2026:40831: hplip security update (Important)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-40831 advisory.

    [3.21.2-6.5]
    - RHEL-192001 CVE-2026-14544 hplip: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:40894 advisory.

    * HPLIP: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631 (CVE-2026-14544)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:39976 advisory.

    * HPLIP: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631 (CVE-2026-14544)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:40894 advisory.

    The hplip packages contain the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP), which provides     drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multi-function peripherals.

    Security Fix(es):

    * HPLIP: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631 (CVE-2026-14544)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:40831 advisory.

    The hplip packages contain the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP), which provides     drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multi-function peripherals.

    Security Fix(es):

    * HPLIP: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631 (CVE-2026-14544)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:39976 advisory.

    The hplip packages contain the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP), which provides     drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multi-function peripherals.

    Security Fix(es):

    * HPLIP: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631 (CVE-2026-14544)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-7d23917d90 advisory.

    fix CVE-2026-14544 - incomplete fix after CVE-2026-8631 (fedora#2496773,

      fedora#2496772)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d9b508b972 advisory.

    fix CVE-2026-14544 - incomplete fix after CVE-2026-8631 (fedora#2496773,

      fedora#2496772)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-14544)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-c5b6bb47c5 advisory.

    Automatic update for hplip-3.26.4-7.fc45.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Fri Jul  3 2026 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 3.26.4-7
    - fix CVE-2026-14544 - incomplete fix after CVE-2026-8631 (fedora#2496773,       fedora#2496772)

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
327527	Oracle Linux 9 : hplip (ELSA-2026-40831)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
327499	RockyLinux 8 : hplip (RLSA-2026:40894)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	critical
327422	RockyLinux 10 : hplip (RLSA-2026:39976)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	critical
327352	RHEL 8 : hplip (RHSA-2026:40894)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
327350	RHEL 9 : hplip (RHSA-2026:40831)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
327197	RHEL 10 : hplip (RHSA-2026:39976)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
325313	Fedora 43 : hplip (2026-7d23917d90)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
325277	Fedora 44 : hplip (2026-d9b508b972)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
325067	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-14544	Nessus	Misc.	critical
324990	Fedora 45 : hplip (2026-c5b6bb47c5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

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