CVE-2026-14780 (GCVE-0-2026-14780)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-24 05:17
Modified
2026-10-13 04:14
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the PaperCut NG/MF platform's device-scripting functionality due to insufficient sanitization and access restrictions within the embedded execution engine. An authenticated user with administrative access to the management interface can supply a malicious script that escapes the runtime sandbox. A successful execution enables an attacker to run unauthorized operating system commands with administrative privileges on the host operating system.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PaperCut PaperCut NG/MF Version: 0   ≤
Version: 25.0.0   ≤
Version: 26.0.0   ≤
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