CVE-2026-34980
Description
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, in a network-exposed cupsd with a shared target queue, an unauthorized client can send a Print-Job to that shared PostScript queue without authentication. The server accepts a page-border value supplied as textWithoutLanguage, preserves an embedded newline through option escaping and reparse, and then reparses the resulting second-line PPD: text as a trusted scheduler control record. A follow-up raw print job can therefore make the server execute an attacker-chosen existing binary such as /usr/bin/vim as lp. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/cups&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/cups&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/cups&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 2.4.17-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.17-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.5-20.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.5-20.62.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-4852-v58g-6cwfnvdExploitVendor Advisory
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