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RockyLinux 8 : hplip (RLSA-2026:26335)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 321337

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:26335 advisory.

 * HPLIP: HPLIP: Privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution via operating system command injection (CVE-2026-8632)

 * HPLIP: HPLIP: Arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via integer overflow in hpcups (CVE-2026-8631)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:26335

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480297

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480300

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 321337

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-26335.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 6/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8631

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libsane-hpaio-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:hplip-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8631, CVE-2026-8632