CVE-2026-81578

CISA KEV
ACT NOW Priority: 0.00 BB Relevance: 10/100
Published: N/A Modified: N/A First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: pending_score

Description

PaperCut NG/MF contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to modify certain system configurations. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-82078.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product PaperCut — NG/MF
Date Added 2026-08-31
Remediation Due 2026-09-14
https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/security-bulletin-27-aug-2026-urgent-security-advisory/ ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81578

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
papercut papercut_mf < 24.1.9
papercut papercut_mf 25.0.2 – 25.0.12
papercut papercut_mf 26.0.2 – 26.0.4
papercut papercut_ng < 24.1.9
papercut papercut_ng 25.0.2 – 25.0.12
papercut papercut_ng 26.0.2 – 26.0.4

Bug Bounty Relevance

10 / 100
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

Unscored

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

83.73%
Raw Score 0.837290
Percentile 99.7%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

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