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USN-8405-1: CUPS vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in CUPS up to version 2.4.16 include local privilege escalation via flawed username comparisons (CVE-2026-27447, CVSS 4.8), remote code execution via malformed PostScript queue values (CVE-2026-34980), and denial of service via filter option string handling (CVE-2026-34979, CVSS 5.3). The article details several other flaws allowing file overwrites, information leaks, and further code execution, all affecting CUPS versions up to and including 2.4.16. Specific fixed version numbers and workarounds are not provided in the source material.
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Ariel Silver discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled username comparisons during authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. (CVE-2026-27447) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled notify-recipient-uri values in the RSS notifier. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite lp-writable files and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-34978) Jacob Newman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled filter option strings when processing job attributes. An attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34979) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled page-border values in shared PostScript queues. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34980) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled localhost authentication to attacker-controlled IPP services. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34990) Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled negative job-password-supported values. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-39314) Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled temporary printer deletion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-39316) Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed SNMP responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-41079)

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