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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Gain physical access to HPLIP host
  2. Exploit
    Connect malicious imaging/USB device
  3. Execution
    Trigger integer underflow (CWE-191) in HPLIP
  4. Impact
    Crash printing service (availability loss)

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Integer underflow checks
Exploitation Conditions

Requires physical attack vector (AV:P): the attacker must have local physical access or a direct hardware/USB connection to a system running HP's HPLIP printing stack to supply the input that triggers the CWE-191 integer underflow. No authentication (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N) are needed once physical access is achieved, but the physical-proximity requirement is the dominant limiting factor and precludes remote or network-based exploitation. Impact is limited to denial of service (availability only; no confidentiality or integrity impact per the scored vector). The affected version range is not specified in the CPE (wildcard), so version-specific applicability should be confirmed against HP advisory hpsbpi04151.

Impact

This is a genuine but low-priority issue. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) with impact isolated to availability (VC:N/VI:N/VA:H) scores 5.1 (Medium) and describes a physical-attack-vector denial-of-service consistent with CWE-191 (integer underflow). The AV:P (Physical) requirement is the single largest risk limiter - an attacker needs physical proximity/connection to the affected device (plausibly a malicious USB or direct hardware connection to the HP printing stack), which sharply reduces exploitability versus a network flaw. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit are present in the data, so this is: 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' NOTE A CONFLICT: the free-text description is an umbrella advisory citing RCE, privilege escalation, DoS, information disclosure, and unauthorized file modification 'under certain conditions,' and the Tags echo all of these - but the actual scored CVSS vector for THIS specific CVE ID reflects only a physical-access availability impact (DoS). The severe impacts in the description almost certainly belong to sibling CVEs covered by the same HP bulletin, not to CVE-2026-91103. Treat this record as a DoS, not RCE, unless HP's advisory attributes RCE to this exact ID.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with physical access to a Linux host running HPLIP connects a malicious or malformed USB printing/imaging device (or otherwise supplies crafted input over the local hardware path) that triggers an integer underflow in an HPLIP component. The wraparound leads to a crash or resource fault that renders the printing service unavailable. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the physical-access requirement makes opportunistic exploitation impractical.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 16, 2026

Denial of service in HP's HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software) printing stack is reachable when a physically-present attacker supplies specially crafted input that triggers a CWE-191 integer underflow, crashing or hanging affected components; the scored CVSS:3.1 vector (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) limits impact to availability only, with no confidentiality or integrity loss. The physical attack vector (direct hardware/USB or local physical access) is the dominant gating factor and rules out remote or network-based exploitation, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. HP has stated that it identified and remediated the underlying issues, so a vendor fix is available per advisory hpsbpi04151, though the specific affected and fixed version ranges are not enumerated here and must be confirmed against that bulletin. Overall this is a genuine but low-priority issue: real availability impact, but exploitation requires an attacker to already have hands on the machine.

RemediationAI

HP has stated that the reported HPLIP issues were identified and remediated, so patch status is 'Patch available per vendor advisory' - consult HP Security Bulletin hpsbpi04151 (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_15646959-15646984-16/hpsbpi04151) for the exact fixed HPLIP release applicable to your distribution, then upgrade HPLIP to that version or install the vendor-repackaged update from your Linux distribution rather than building from unpatched sources. If immediate patching is not possible, prioritize compensating controls that address the physical attack vector: disable USB printing and unload the relevant HPLIP/CUPS backends (for example blacklist the hplip and hpcups kernel/module and CUPS backend components, or stop the cups service entirely), which removes the trigger surface but also disables all local printing; restrict physical and console access to affected hosts and disable USB mass-storage/peripheral ports via BIOS or udev policy, at the cost of blocking legitimate USB devices; and run printing services under an unprivileged, confined service account or container with strict sandboxing so an integer-underflow crash cannot escalate into a wider outage. None of these workarounds eliminate the flaw itself, so they should be treated as temporary until the advisory-listed fix is applied.

Affected VersionsENISA

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software (HPLIP) 0 <3.26.6

Affected Packages

euvd hp_linux_imaging_and_printing_software_hplip fix: 3.26.6

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected technology is HPLIP, HP's open-source Linux imaging and printing stack that provides CUPS backends, filters (notably hpcups), and utilities for communicating with HP printers and multifunction devices. The root cause class is CWE-191 (Integer Underflow), in which attacker-influenced length, count, or offset values are subtracted below the minimum representable value before being used for buffer sizing, indexing, or loop control; depending on the surrounding code this can lead to undersized allocations, out-of-bounds reads or writes, excessive looping, or abort conditions. HP's bulletin groups this with several externally reported findings across multiple HPLIP components that, under certain conditions, could enable remote code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, or unauthorized file modification; however, the independent assessment scores only the availability impact as high for this specific issue (CVSS:3.1 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). The physical vector reflects that the trigger input reaches the vulnerable parsing path through local/hardware interaction rather than over the network. Because the CPE entry (cpe:2.3:a:hp_inc.:hp_linux_imaging_and_printing_software_(hplip):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) uses a wildcard for version, the exact vulnerable code range is not pinned by the CPE and must be derived from HP advisory hpsbpi04151.

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Severity by source

Vendor (hp) PRIMARY 5.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.6 MEDIUM

Physical hardware/USB path to the HPLIP stack sets AV:P; no auth or interaction needed (PR:N/UI:N); integer underflow yields only a crash so C:N/I:N/A:H.

3.1 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE 4.6 MEDIUM
AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat 6.3 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (hp).

CVSS VectorVendor: hp

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Sep 16, 2026 - 20:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 16, 2026 - 18:52 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.1

DescriptionCVE.org

HP has identified and remediated multiple externally reported vulnerabilities within HPLIP. The findings affect several software components that could potentially enable remote code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, or unauthorized file modification under certain conditions.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
HPLIP is the standard HP printer driver stack shipped in many Linux distros
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

Integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation produces a result that exceeds the maximum value a given integer type can store.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Affected

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