VDB-409301 · CVE-2026-11744 · EUVD-2026-85813

PaperCut Hive up to 2.2.x NFC input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in PaperCut Hive up to 2.2.x. This affects an unknown part of the component NFC Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-11744. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PaperCut Hive up to 2.2.x. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component NFC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An input validation vulnerability exists in the PaperCut Hive embedded application for Ricoh devices. The application fails to properly sanitize input received during the NFC card reading process before passing it to the application's web view interface. A local attacker with physical access to the device and a specially crafted NFC card or emulator could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application's user interface. This could result in unauthorized actions or information disclosure.

The advisory is shared at papercut.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-11744 since 06/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2026).

Upgrading to version 2.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-85813). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

PaperCut

Name

Hive

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hive 2.3.0

Timelineinfo

06/09/2026 CVE reserved
09/24/2026 +107 days Advisory disclosed
09/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: papercut.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-11744 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-11744
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-409301
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2026 09:16
Updated: 09/24/2026 10:07
Changes: 09/24/2026 09:16 (67), 09/24/2026 10:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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