CVE-2026-41079

4.3 MEDIUM
Published: April 24, 2026 Modified: April 27, 2026
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Description

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.17, a network-adjacent attacker can send a crafted SNMP response to the CUPS SNMP backend that causes an out-of-bounds read of up to 176 bytes past a stack buffer. The leaked memory is converted from UTF-16 to UTF-8 and stored as printer supply description strings, which are subsequently visible to authenticated users via IPP Get-Printer-Attributes responses and the CUPS web interface. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.17.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-6wpw-g8g6-wvrv
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-6wpw-g8g6-wvrv
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
4.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
3th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

openprinting