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.
Published: 2026-05-26
Score: 9 Critical
EPSS: 12.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Remove ```"%J"``` from the "print command" in ```smb.conf``` entry.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6297-1 samba security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8306-1 Samba vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::resilientstorage
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::resilientstorage
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
References

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
References

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::resilientstorage
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 27 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Samba
Samba samba
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform
Samba
Samba samba

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 26 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 26 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Samba: samba: remote code execution in printing subsystem via unescaped job description
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Eus Openshift Openshift Container Platform Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Els Rhel Eus Rhel Eus Long Life Rhel Tus
Samba Samba
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-30T12:10:41.327Z

Reserved: 2026-03-19T21:17:35.193Z

Link: CVE-2026-4480

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-30T03:18:59.706Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-05-26T15:16:40.937

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:56:40.373

Link: CVE-2026-4480

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-26T13:43:46Z

Links: CVE-2026-4480 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-24T13:15:15Z

Weaknesses