Attackers Exploit PaperCut Flaws to Steal Credentials From Schools and Universities

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  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-09-05 07:31 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-09-11 06:58 UTC
  • CVSS: 9.4
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: 291e78141a80bb945c97bb0ffaffdb14b6f3bd5f321b29aa5f963e72306e941c

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Threat actors are exploiting the newly disclosed PaperCut flaws to facilitate credential theft in attacks targeting the education sector in the U.S. and Europe.

The Arctic Wolf Adversary Research Team said it observed attackers exploiting CVE-2026-81578 and CVE-2026-82078 – an authentication bypass and remote code execution chain – to conduct command execution and reconnaissance, as well as

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-81578

CRITICAL

9.4

HIGH

8.8

2026-08-28

CVE-2026-82078

CRITICAL

9.4

CRITICAL

9.4

2026-08-28

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