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CVE-2026-4480NVD
Vulnerability Summary
A flaw was found in the Samba printing subsystem. Samba passes the client-controlled job description string to the command configured with the "print command" setting via the "%J"
substitution character without escaping shell meta characters. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted print job description that contains unescaped shell characters. This could lead to remote code execution on the affected system.
substitution character without escaping shell meta characters. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted print job description that contains unescaped shell characters. This could lead to remote code execution on the affected system.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
External References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22963
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25049
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28053
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28054
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28056
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28057
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28132
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4480
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452232
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16033
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22963
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25049
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28053
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28054
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28056
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28057
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28132
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4480
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452232
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4480.json