PaperCut NG/MF up to 25.0.11/26.0.1 Device Scripting privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in PaperCut NG and MF up to 25.0.11/26.0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Device Scripting. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-14780. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in PaperCut NG and MF up to 25.0.11/26.0.1. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Device Scripting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at papercut.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-14780 since 07/05/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 25.0.12 or 26.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• PaperCut

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• MF
• NG

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• 25.0.0
• 25.0.1
• 25.0.2
• 25.0.3
• 25.0.4
• 25.0.5
• 25.0.6
• 25.0.7
• 25.0.8
• 25.0.9
• 25.0.10
• 25.0.11
• 26.0.0
• 26.0.1

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