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Debian dla-4699 : hpijs-ppds - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 330015

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4699 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4699-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz July 25, 2026 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : hplip Version : 3.21.2+dfsg1-2+deb11u1 3.22.10+dfsg0-2+deb12u1 CVE ID : CVE-2026-8631 CVE-2026-8632 Debian Bug : 1137374


 Two issues have been found in hplip, the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System. They are both related to privilege escalation and/or arbitrary code execution.



 For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 3.21.2+dfsg1-2+deb11u1.

 For Debian 12 bookworm, these problems have been fixed in version 3.22.10+dfsg0-2+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your hplip packages.

 For the detailed security status of hplip please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/hplip

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the hpijs-ppds packages.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/hplip

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/hplip

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8631

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8632

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/hplip

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 330015

File Name: debian_DLA-4699.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2026

Updated: 7/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.03

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:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hpijs-ppds, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhpmud-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhpmud0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:printer-driver-hpcups, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:printer-driver-hpijs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:printer-driver-postscript-hp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

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