CVE-2026-82078 (GCVE-0-2026-82078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 11:45 – Updated: 2026-09-13 23:16
VLAI
Title
PaperCut MF/NG: Unsafe Dynamic Class Loading in Database Connector
Summary
An unsafe dynamic class loading vulnerability exists in the database connection utilities of PaperCut MF and PaperCut NG. The application instantiates database driver classes based on configurable driver names without validating against an allowlist of approved drivers. If an attacker can manipulate system configuration parameters, this enables the execution of arbitrary Java bytecode residing on the application classpath under the security context of the PaperCut server process.
Severity
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-28 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-470 - Use of Externally-Controlled input to select classes or code ('unsafe reflection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PaperCut PaperCut MF/NG Affected: 0 , < 24.1.10 (semver)
Affected: 25.0.0 , < 25.0.13 (semver)
Affected: 26.0.0 , < 26.0.5 (semver)
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