{"vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "sightings": [{"uuid": "cfd74037-1eb8-4ce5-97ba-dc9a5f9dff5e", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/stemshop.bsky.social/post/3mu6mps6inc23", "content": "\ud83d\udea8 PaperCut NG/MF \u2014 RCE attacks are active\n\nCVE-2026-81578 + CVE-2026-82078 can be chained for unauthenticated RCE. PaperCut has released Emergency Patch Release 2.\n\nstemshop.top/blog/papercu...\n\n#CVE #PaperCut #RCE #CyberSecurity #InfoSec", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-29T00:30:10.096569Z"}, {"uuid": "d8510ddf-0f26-49a0-bc20-fbf122b79dfd", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/hendryadrian.bsky.social/post/3mu6og3yyf62w", "content": "PaperCut says flaws in NG and MF, tracked as CVE-2026-82078 and CVE-2026-81578, are being actively exploited in customer incidents. Emergency patches are out after the first fix fell short. #PaperCut #CVE202682078 #CVE202681578", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-29T01:00:28.350508Z"}, {"uuid": "f1b15c09-0269-43d8-bec4-3e15766698bd", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/o2cloud.bsky.social/post/3mu5ggzdvtt2j", "content": "\ud83d\udd17 CVE : CVE-2026-81578, CVE-2026-82078", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-28T13:05:07.069354Z"}, {"uuid": "e2fe66a9-411f-4260-a4cc-b6c2b44c6a58", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "cve-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/thecybersecguru.com/post/3mu75cviclk2v", "content": "PaperCut Under Active Attack: Full Technical Analysis of the Pre-Auth RCE Chain (CVE-2026-81578 +\u00a0CVE-2026-82078)\n\nActive exploitation of PaperCut NG/MF pre-auth RCE (CVE-2026-81578, CVE-2026-82078).\u2026\n\nhttps://thecybersecguru.com/news/papercut-cve-2026-81578-cve-2026-82078-pre-auth-rce-analysis/", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-29T05:27:06.470962Z"}, {"uuid": "ff944eaa-fd95-4347-a097-c3ed34fee1cb", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/infosecbot.bsky.social/post/3mu5m2gyywh25", "content": "The watchTowr team is currently working with PaperCut directly to resolve bypasses in patches released for the actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities (now CVE-2026-81578, CVE-2026-82078) in PaperCut NG/MF.\n\nThis\u2026\n\n\u2014 from @watchtowrcyber (https://x.com/watchtowrcyber/status/2093345328170758218)", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-28T14:45:33.393779Z"}, {"uuid": "7865cb86-fdf0-45ea-beae-a2e7ccfe1cc7", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "Telegram/_MkvWCyWZJHe2RNbxcbbJ8w73Oq-ZroyWog-I1ehVh_MDUs", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-29T00:00:06.809427Z"}, {"uuid": "53dfc506-ae1b-4bef-810a-fb47cbdb6823", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/cvemon.bsky.social/post/3mu6sobkmfe26", "content": "CVE-2026-81578 is trending. Hype score 15, currently #5 on cvemon.\n\nAn improper access control vulnerability exists in the web management interface of PaperCut MF and PaperCut NG. Under specific conditions, unauthenticated remote requests targeting\u2026\n\nhttps://cvemon.intruder.io/cves/CVE-2026-81578", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-29T02:16:35.264968Z"}, {"uuid": "e1c6308e-0871-4ee3-8ffd-026e247dfb8c", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "caeb2787-0d58-4236-9039-7c86c3e566f3", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "exploited", "source": "https://vulnerability.circl.lu/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog/b72252ec-5bac-471f-9f55-10b24d534b53", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-28T16:00:56.356993Z"}, {"uuid": "57d93eb9-eb38-4552-873d-8f24b76d0547", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "86ecb4e1-bb32-44d5-9f39-8a4673af8385", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://www.ncsc.nl/alerts/kwetsbaarheden-in-papercut-mf-en-ng-met-actief-misbruik-update-onmiddellijk", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-28T16:15:07.946945Z"}, {"uuid": "694349aa-d109-43c7-a77b-466c01f33241", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "86ecb4e1-bb32-44d5-9f39-8a4673af8385", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81578", "type": "seen", "source": "https://cyber.gc.ca/en/alerts-advisories/papercut-security-advisory-av26-858", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2026-08-28T20:15:03.694881Z"}]}