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title: "CVE-2026-14780: PaperCut NG/MF - Command Injection"
description: "PaperCut NG/MF contains a command injection caused by insufficient sanitization and access restrictions in the device-scripting execution engine, letting authenticated admin users execute OS commands with administrative privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-14780/
---

# CVE-2026-14780 PaperCut NG/MF - Command Injection

PaperCut NG/MF contains a command injection caused by insufficient sanitization and access restrictions in the device-scripting execution engine, letting authenticated admin users execute OS commands with administrative privileges.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.31% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14780)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

24 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-94](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with fixed device-scripting sanitization and access controls.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14780](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14780)
- [https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/security-bulletin-sep-2026/](https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/security-bulletin-sep-2026/)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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