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Oracle Linux 10 : hplip (ELSA-2026-26228)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 328938

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-26228 advisory.

 - RHEL-192007 CVE-2026-14544 hplip: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-8631
 - OSH fixes after CVE-2026-8631
 - CVE-2026-8631 hplip: Arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via integer overflow in hpcups

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-26228.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 328938

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-26228.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2026

Updated: 7/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.44

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsane-hpaio

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

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