Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-11744 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-11744 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-11744?
- Informational severity, published 24 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- PaperCut Hive; Ricoh Multifunction Device with PaperCut Hive.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-11744?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-11744 attacked?
- It is attacked with physical access or with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-11744?
- Check whether you run PaperCut Hive or Ricoh Multifunction Device with PaperCut Hive. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An input validation vulnerability exists in PaperCut Hive's NFC card reading component, which fails to sanitize input before passing it to the web view interface. A local attacker with physical device access can exploit this via a specially crafted NFC card or emulator to execute arbitrary code within the application context, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data disclosure.
Affected products
- PaperCut Hive
- Ricoh Multifunction Device with PaperCut Hive
Timeline
- 2026-09-24: disclosed