vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2026-4480: samba: Samba: Remote Code Execution in printing subsystem via unescaped job description (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 26, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 26, 2026
Added
Jun 4, 2026
Modified
Jun 5, 2026
Description
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.
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